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oeu·vre    Audio Help   [ɶ-vruh] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural oeu·vres    Audio Help   [ɶ-vruh] Pronunciation Key. French.
1.the works of a writer, painter, or the like, taken as a whole.
2.any one of the works of a writer, painter, or the like.
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oeu·vre    Audio Help   (ɶ'vrə)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. oeu·vres (ɶ'vrə)
  1. A work of art.
  2. The sum of the lifework of an artist, writer, or composer.


[French ɶuvre, from Old French uevre, work, from Latin opera, from pl. of opus, work; see opus.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
oeuvre 
"a work," esp. a work of literature, also "the body of work produced by an artist," 1875, from Fr. oeuvre "work," from L. opera (see opus).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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oeuvre

noun
the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it); "he studied the entire Wagnerian oeuvre"; "Picasso's work can be divided into periods" 

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