etude

See also: Etude, étude, and Etüde

English

Alternative forms

• étude

Etymology

From the around the year 1837, from French étude (meaning "study") from the Latin word studium (meaning "spirit", "devotion" or "study").

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /eɪˈtjuːd/, /eɪˈtuːd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪˌtud/, /ˈeɪˌtjud/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

etude (plural etudes)

1. (music) A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.

Synonyms

• (a song written as an exercise): study

Translations

piece of music

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 練習曲 (zh), 练习曲 (zh) (liànxíqǔ)

• Finnish: etydi (fi)
• German: Etüde (de) f
• Icelandic: etýða f, æfing (is) f
• Japanese: 練習曲 (れんしゅうきょく, renshūkyoku)
• Korean: 연습곡 (yeonseupgok)

• Macedonian: етида f (etída)
• Polish: etiuda (pl) f
• Portuguese: étude (pt) m
• Russian: этю́д (ru) m (etjúd)
• Slovene: etida f
• Spanish: estudio (es) m
• Swedish: etyd (sv) c