English

Alternative forms

• œuvre

Noun

oeuvre ‎(plural oeuvres)

1. A work of art.
2. The complete body of an artist's work.

Quotations

• 1997, Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 7 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)

  Let’s “fictionalize” Foucault’s life by turning it into a biographical account of Foucault and his oeuvre or work.

Translations

See also

• hors d'oeuvre
• manoeuvre
• body of work

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

oeuvre n ‎(plural oeuvres, diminutive oevretje n)

1. oeuvre

French

Noun

oeuvre m ‎(plural oeuvres)

1. Nonstandard spelling of œuvre.

Usage notes

• The œ ligature is often replaced in contemporary French with oe (the œ character does not appear on AZERTY keyboards), but this is nonstandard.

Anagrams

• érouve

Middle French

Alternative forms

• œuvre

Etymology

Old French uevre.

Noun

oeuvre m, f (plural oeuvres)

1. work; piece of work