avant-garde in Japanese
avant-garde in Japanese is 前衛的, 前衛 — avant-garde means strikingly new and experimental, especially in art, music, fashion or film, and ahead of what most people are used to.
avant-garde in Japanese
前衛的
Pronounced: zen'eiteki
Innovative and pioneering, especially when extremely or obviously so.
前衛
Pronounced: zen'ei
What does "avant-garde" mean?
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adjective Strikingly new and experimental, especially in art, music, fashion or film, and ahead of what most people are used to.
"The gallery has a reputation for avant garde video work."
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noun The artists, writers or thinkers whose work breaks with established forms and points the way for others.
"He spent the 1960s on the fringes of the literary avant garde."
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avant-garde in a sentence
- The gallery has a reputation for avant garde video work.
- Her collection was too avant garde for the high street.
- He spent the 1960s on the fringes of the literary avant garde.
- The avant garde of one generation becomes the syllabus of the next.
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What is "avant-garde" in Japanese?
"avant-garde" in Japanese is 前衛的, 前衛. avant-garde means: Strikingly new and experimental, especially in art, music, fashion or film, and ahead of what most people are used to.
How do you pronounce 前衛的?
"avant-garde" in Japanese is 前衛的, pronounced "zen'eiteki".
How do you use "avant-garde" in a sentence?
Example: "The gallery has a reputation for avant garde video work." In Japanese, "avant-garde" is 前衛的, 前衛.
Are there other ways to say "avant-garde" in Japanese?
Yes — Japanese has 2 translations listed for "avant-garde": 前衛的, 前衛.
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