masterpiece

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Etymology

master +‎ piece, a calque of Dutch meesterstuk

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Noun

masterpiece (plural masterpieces)

1. A piece of work that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career.
2. A work of outstanding creativity, skill or workmanship.

   Masterpieces are not completed, they are abandoned.

3. A work created in order to qualify as a master craftsman and member of a guild.

Synonyms

• chef d'œuvre
• masterwork

Translations

piece of work that has been given much critical praise

Arabic: تحفة (ar) (túHfa) f., رائعة (ar) (raa'i3a) f. Belarusian: шэдэўр (be) (šedéŭr) m. Bulgarian: шедьовър (bg) (šed'óvǎr) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 傑作 (cmn), 杰作 (cmn) (jiézuò), 名作 (cmn) (míngzuò) Croatian: remek-djelo (hr) n. Danish: mesterværk (da) n. (1-3) Dutch: meesterwerk (nl) n. Esperanto: majstroverko (eo) Finnish: mestariteos (fi) French: chef-d'œuvre (fr) m. German: Meisterstück (de) n., Meisterwerk (de) n. Hungarian: remekmű (hu) Icelandic: meistaraverk (is) n.

Italian: capolavoro (it) m. Japanese: 傑作 (ja) (けっさく, kessaku), 名作 (ja) (めいさく, meisaku) Korean: 걸작 (ko) (geoljag) (傑作 (ko)) Manx: ard-obbyr (gv) f. Polish: arcydzieło (pl) n. Portuguese: obra prima (pt) Russian: шедевр (ru) (šedévr) m. Serbian: ремек-дело (sr) (remek-delo) n. Spanish: obra maestra (es) f. Swedish: mästerverk (sv) n. Ukrainian: шедевр (uk) (šedévr) m. Vietnamese: kiệt tác (vi) (傑作 (vi))