English

Noun

chef d'oeuvre ‎(plural chefs d'oeuvre)

1. Alternative form of chef-d'œuvre (a masterpiece).
   • 2007, Choderlos de Laclos, Dangerous Liaisons, tr. Helen Constantine, Penguin 2007, p. 130:

     Indeed I will explain Danceny's note. The occasion of it is my own doing, and I like to think it is my chef d'oeuvre.