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oeuvre

  (œ'vrə) pronunciation
n., pl. oeu·vres (œ'vrə).
  1. A work of art.
  2. The sum of the lifework of an artist, writer, or composer.

[French œuvre, from Old French uevre, work, from Latin opera, from pl. of opus, work. See opus.]


 
 

oeuvre [ervr], the French word for a work, often used to refer instead tothe total body of works produced by a given writer. See also canon, corpus.

 
Music: Oeuvre

(Fr.) opus.

 
WordNet: oeuvre
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
  Synonyms: work, body of work


 
Translations: Translations for: Oeuvre

Dansk (Danish)
n. - (kunstners) samlede værk

Nederlands (Dutch)
oeuvre, kunstwerk

Français (French)
n. - ¯uvre

Deutsch (German)
n. - Oeuvre, Werk

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - έργο, σύνολο του έργου, άπαντα (λογοτέχνη κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
opera

Português (Portuguese)
n. - obra (f) de um artista

Русский (Russian)
труд, произведение

Español (Spanish)
n. - obra

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (konstnärs) samlade verk

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
文艺者的全部作品

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 文藝者的全部作品

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 예술가의 일생의 작품

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 一生の仕事, 全作品, 芸術作品

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مجموعه أعمال الكاتب أو الفنان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮יצירה (אמנותית)‬


 
 

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