"oeuvre" meaning in English

See oeuvre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɜːvɹə/ [UK], /ˈuːvɹə/ [UK], /ˈəːvɹə/ [US], /ˈuːvɹə/ [US] Audio: en-us-oeuvre.ogg Forms: oeuvres [plural]
Etymology: From French œuvre, from Old French uevre, from Latin opera (plural of Latin opus), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“work”). Doublet of opera, opus, and ure. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃ep-}}, {{bor|en|fr|œuvre}} French œuvre, {{der|en|fro|uevre}} Old French uevre, {{der|en|la|opera}} Latin opera, {{der|en|la|opus}} Latin opus, {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₃ep-||work}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“work”), {{doublet|en|opera|opus|ure}} Doublet of opera, opus, and ure Head templates: {{en-noun}} oeuvre (plural oeuvres)
  1. A work of art. Translations (work of art): твор (tvor) [masculine] (Belarusian), 藝術品 (Chinese Mandarin), 艺术品 (yìshùpǐn) (Chinese Mandarin), teos (Finnish), taideteos (Finnish), œuvre [feminine] (French), Œuvre [neuter] (German), Werk [neuter] (German), (Hungarian), opera (Italian), verk [neuter] (Norwegian), dzieło [neuter] (Polish), utwór [masculine] (Polish), obra [feminine] (Portuguese), ovra [Rumantsch-Grischun, Surmiran, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, feminine] (Romansch), ouvra [Puter, Vallander, feminine] (Romansch), творе́ние (tvorénije) [neuter] (Russian), труд (trud) [masculine] (Russian), произведе́ние (proizvedénije) [neuter] (Russian), obra [feminine] (Spanish), verk [neuter] (Swedish), arbete [neuter] (Swedish), твір (tvir) [masculine] (Ukrainian), труд (trud) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (uncountable, collective) The complete body of an artist's work. Tags: collective, uncountable Synonyms: body of work, complete works Translations (complete body of works): тво́рчасць (tvórčascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), (作品的)全集 (cyun⁴ zaap⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), forfatterskab [neuter] (Danish), oeuvre [neuter] (Dutch), verkaro (Esperanto), tuotanto (Finnish), œuvres [feminine, plural] (French), Œuvre [neuter] (German), Gesamtwerk [neuter] (German), életmű (Hungarian), raža [feminine] (Latvian), forfatterskap [neuter] (Norwegian), twórczość [feminine] (Polish), dorobek [masculine] (Polish), ovra [Rumantsch-Grischun, Surmiran, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, feminine] (Romansch), ouvra [Puter, Vallander, feminine] (Romansch), тво́рчество (tvórčestvo) [neuter] (Russian), труды́ (trudý) [masculine, plural] (Russian), obra [feminine] (Spanish), producción [feminine] (Spanish), literatura [feminine] (Spanish), тво́рчість (tvórčistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), труди́ (trudý) [masculine, plural] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-oeuvre-en-noun-pysK~xHF Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 42 58 Disambiguation of 'complete body of works': 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: œuvre Related terms: hors d'oeuvre, manoeuvre

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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