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Oeuvre: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Oeuvre noun. The whole body of work produced by an artist, writer or composer.
How to say it
UR-vruh/ˈəːvr(ə)/
2 syllables, stressed on the first (UR).
Oeuvre in a sentence
It's the strangest film in Kubrick's oeuvre.
Her oeuvre runs to nine novels and a cookbook nobody mentions.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- body of work
- output
- canon
- works
Where oeuvre comes from
French for work, from Latin opera, works.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
Her _____ runs to nine novels and a cookbook nobody mentions.
- oeuvre
- cliffhanger
- ensemble
Show the answer
oeuvre: Her oeuvre runs to nine novels and a cookbook nobody mentions.