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)

• 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
• Norwegian: mesterverk (no) n, mesterstykke (no) n
• Persian: شاهکار (fa) (šâh-kâr), شاه‌اثر (fa) (šâh-asar)
• Polish: arcydzieło (pl) n
• Portuguese: obra prima (pt)
• Russian: шедевр (ru) (šedévr) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ремек-дело (sh) n

  Roman: remek-delo (sh) n

• Spanish: obra maestra (es) f
• Swedish: mästerverk (sv) n
• Tajik: шоҳкор (tg) (šoh-kor), шоҳасар (tg) (šoh-asar)
• Turkish: şaheser (tr)
• Ukrainian: шедевр (uk) (šedévr) m
• Vietnamese: kiệt tác (vi) (傑作 (vi))