oeuvre

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See also: oeuvré, œuvre, Œuvre, and œuvré

English

WOTD – 7 June 2006

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French œuvre, from Latin opera (plural of Latin opus). Doublet of opera, opus, and ure.

Pronunciation

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Noun

oeuvre (plural oeuvres)

  1. A work of art.
  2. (uncountable, collective) The complete body of an artist's work.
    Synonyms: body of work, complete works
    • 1997, Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, Totem Books, Icon Books, →ISBN, page 7:
      Let’s “fictionalize” Foucault’s life by turning it into a biographical account of Foucault and his oeuvre or work.
    • 2006, Michel Foucault, “Madness, the absence of an œuvre.”, in Jean Khalfa, transl., edited by Jean Khalfa, In History of Madness, Routledge, →ISBN, pages 541–549:
      There, in that pale region, beneath that essential cover, the twin incompatibility of an œuvre and madness is unveiled; it is the blind spot of each one's possibility, and of their mutual exclusion.
    • 2012 April 23, Barbara B. Heyman, “Introduction”, in Samuel Barber: A Thematic Catalogue of the Complete Works, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
      Although, at the onset of my writing this catalogue, his forty-eight opus numbers suggested a small output, in fact his oeuvre comprised more than 100 published and nearly as many unpublished pieces representative of nearly every musical genre.

Translations

complete body of works

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

Noun

oeuvre n (plural oeuvres, diminutive oeuvretje n)

  1. oeuvre

French

Pronunciation

Noun

oeuvre f (plural oeuvres)

  1. Nonstandard spelling of œuvre.

Usage notes

  • The œ ligature is often replaced in contemporary French with oe (the œ character does not appear on AZERTY keyboards), but this is nonstandard.

Further reading

Anagrams

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Old French uevre.

Noun

oeuvre m or f (plural oeuvres)

  1. work; piece of work
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