oeuvre (redirected from oeuvres)

oeu·vre  (vr)

n. pl. oeu·vres (vr)

1. A work of art.

2. The sum of the lifework of an artist, writer, or composer.

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[French uvre, from Old French uevre, work, from Latin opera, from pl. of opus, work; see opus.]

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oeuvre French [œvrə]

n

1. a work of art, literature, music, etc.

2. the total output of a writer, painter, etc.

[ultimately from Latin opera, plural of opus work]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

oeuvre - the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it); "he studied the entire Wagnerian oeuvre"; "Picasso's work can be divided into periods" body of work, work end product, output - final product; the things produced writing - (usually plural) the collected work of an author; "the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings"

Translations

oeuvre [ˈʒːvrə] N → obra f