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View synonyms for oeuvre
oeuvre
[ œ-vruh ]
noun
, French.
, plural oeu·vres [œ, -v, r, uh].
- the works of a writer, painter, or the like, taken as a whole.
- any one of the works of a writer, painter, or the like.
oeuvre
/ œvrə /
noun
- a work of art, literature, music, etc
- the total output of a writer, painter, etc
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Word History and Origins
Origin of oeuvre1
ultimately from Latin opera, plural of opus work
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Example Sentences
"La Nature contient le fonds de toutes ces variétés, mais le hazard ou l'art les mettent en œuvre," as Maupertuis most truly said.
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Les détails anecdotiques, les traits piquants dont son œuvre est parsémée font mes délices.
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Voltaire's Dieu et les Hommes; œuvre théologique, mais raisonnable .
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And, in that addressed to the King of France, he called it "œuvre le plus accompli."
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Louis Flandrin: Hippolyte Flandrin, sa vie et son œuvre, etc.
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