| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| oeuvre |
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| SYLLABICATION: | oeu·vre |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  œ vr |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. oeu·vres ( œvr)
1. A work of art. 2. The sum of the lifework of an artist, writer, or composer. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French œuvre, from Old French uevre, work, from Latin opera, from pl. of opus, work. See opus.
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