oeuvre

See also œuvre

English

WOTD – 7 June 2006    

Alternative forms

• œuvre

Etymology

From French œuvre, from the Latin opus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈəːvɹə/

• Audio (US)

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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

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Noun

oeuvre n (plural oeuvres, diminutive oevretje)

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