noun (the avant-garde) (from French)
1 [sing.] new and very modern ideas in art, music or literature that are sometimes surprising or shocking
2 [sing.+sing./pl.v.] a group of artists, etc. who introduce new and very modern ideas
avant-garde adjective
Rate this entry
About this entry
This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of avant-garde come from?
This entry for avant-garde is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does avant-garde appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — avant-garde appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
What is Lughet?
Lughet is a free trilingual dictionary covering nearly five million entries across Uyghur, Chinese, and English, drawn from more than ten source dictionaries and corpora.
