chef d'oeuvre
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See also: chef d'œuvre and chef-d'œuvre
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French chef-d’œuvre.
Noun
[edit]chef d'oeuvre (plural chefs d'oeuvre)
- Alternative form of chef d'œuvre (a masterpiece).
- 2007, Choderlos de Laclos, translated by Helen Constantine, Dangerous Liaisons, Penguin, page 130:
- Indeed I will explain Danceny's note. The occasion of it is my own doing, and I like to think it is my chef d'oeuvre.