oeuvre

See also œuvre

English

WOTD - 7 June 2006    

Alternative forms

• œuvre

Etymology

From French œuvre, from the Latin opus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈuvɹə/

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Noun

oeuvre (plural oeuvres)

1. A work of art.
2. The complete body of an artist's work.

Quotations

• 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 7 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)

  Let’s “fictionalize” Foucault’s life by turning it into a biographical account of Foucault and his oeuvre or work.

Translations

work of art

Finnish: teos (fi), taideteos (fi) French: œuvre (fr) f. German: Œuvre (de) n.

Norwegian: verk (no) n. Romansch: (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) ovra (rm) f., (Puter, Vallader) ouvra (rm) f.

complete body of works

Dutch: oeuvre (nl) n. Finnish: tuotanto (fi) French: œuvres (fr) f. pl.

German: Œuvre (de) n., Gesamtwerk (de) n. Romansch: (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) ovra (rm) f., (Puter, Vallader) ouvra (rm) f.

See also

• hors d'oeuvre
• manoeuvre

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Noun

oeuvre n. (plural oeuvres, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. oeuvre

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French

Noun

oeuvre m. (plural oeuvres)

1. Nonstandard spelling of œuvre.

Usage notes

• The œ ligature is often replaced in Contemporary French with 'oe', as the œ character does not appear on AZERTY keyboards.

Anagrams

• érouve