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oeu⋅vre

  [œ-vruh ]
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–noun, plural oeu⋅vres  [œ-vruh ] . 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   (ɶ'vrə)   
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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Word Origin & History

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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