belles-lettres

Etymology
Borrowed from, a parallel construction with the. considered the to embrace grammar, rhetoric, and poetry. Sense embracing all of the humanities under the influence of 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  The humanities.
 * 2)  Literature, particularly light compositions valued for their aesthetic properties.
 * 3)  Literary studies, particularly literary aesthetics.
 * 1)  Literary studies, particularly literary aesthetics.
 * 1)  Literary studies, particularly literary aesthetics.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: beletro, beletristiko
 * Estonian: ilukirjandus, belletristika
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ბელეტრისტიკა
 * German: Belles Lettres, schöne Literatur,
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: léann liteartha
 * Japanese: 純文学
 * Korean: 순문학
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: belas-letras
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: худо́жня літерату́ра,, кра́сне письме́нство
 * Vietnamese: