pièce de résistance

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1. An outstanding accomplishment: "The bison is an evolutionary pièce de résistance, the result of thousands of years of genetic development under the toughest weather and geographical conditions" (B.J. Roche).

2. The principal dish of a meal.

[French : pièce, piece + de, of, with + résistance, staying power, lastingness.]

pièce de résistance French [pjɛs də rezistɑ̃s]

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) the principal or most outstanding item in a series or creative artist's work

2. (Cookery) the main dish of a meal

[lit: piece of resistance]

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pièce de résistance

noun (French) masterpiece, jewel, showpiece, masterwork, chef-d'oeuvre (French) The pièce de résistance was a gold evening gown.

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pièce de résistance [ˌpjɛsdərezɪsˈtɑ̃ːs] N [of programme, exhibition] → atracción f principal; (on menu) → plato m principal; [of author, director] (= novel, film) → obra f maestra
his pièce de résistance was a goal in the 89th minute → dio la campanada con un gol en el minuto 89

pièce de résistance

n → Krönung f; and now the or my pièce de résistance → und nun die Krönung!

pièce de résistance [pjɛsdərezistɑ̃s] n → cavallo di battaglia

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creation jewel masterpiece speciality	The pièce de résistance was a downright confusing parody song where Mr. The Independent Spirit Awards: The Only Place to Watch Mickey Rourke ... by Christopher Rosen / The New York Observer But the evening’s real pièce de résistance was Birdman’s birthday present to his young prodigy: a Louis Vuitton bag stuffed with $1 million in cold hard cash. Lil Wayne Apparently Immune to Financial Crisis by John S.W. MacDonald / The New York Observer “And now the pièce de résistance for the rice pudding,” she said, without a trace of irony, as she poured a Santa Julia from Argentina, a light late-harvest wine. With Tasting Menu, Order Smelling Salts by Moira Hodgson / The New York Observer	Picumnus Picus Picus viridis PID piddle piddle away Piddler piddling piddock pidgin Pidgin English Pidlimdi PIE pie cart pie chart pie crust pie dish pie plant pie shell pie-dog pie-eyed piebald piece Piece broker piece de resistance pièce de résistance piece goods piece of ass piece of cake piece of cloth piece of eight piece of furniture piece of ground piece of land piece of leather piece of material piece of music piece of paper piece of tail piece of work piece of writing piece out piece part piece rate piece together piece-dye piece-dyed Pieceless Piecely piecemeal Piecemealed	Piebaldism piebaldness piebalds piebalds piebalds PIEBF PIEBM PIEC piece piece piece piece piece piece piece pièce Piece (chess) Piece (music) Piece (music) Piece and Plenty Quilt Guild pièce bien faite Piece broker piece by piece piece by piece piece by piece piece by piece piece by piece piece de resistance piece de resistance piece de resistance pièce de résistance piece dyeing piece goods Pièce Jointe piece mark piece of apparatus piece of architecture Piece of Art piece of ass piece of ass piece of cake piece of cake piece of cake piece of cake piece of cake piece of cake piece of cake piece of cloth Piece of Crap Piece Of Data piece of eight piece of eight piece of eight piece of furniture Piece of Garbage piece of ground piece of ground Piece Of Gum Piece of Junk piece of land piece of land

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The pièce de résistance was a downright confusing parody song where Mr.

The Independent Spirit Awards: The Only Place to Watch Mickey Rourke ... by Christopher Rosen / The New York Observer

But the evening’s real pièce de résistance was Birdman’s birthday present to his young prodigy: a Louis Vuitton bag stuffed with $1 million in cold hard cash.

Lil Wayne Apparently Immune to Financial Crisis by John S.W. MacDonald / The New York Observer

“And now the pièce de résistance for the rice pudding,” she said, without a trace of irony, as she poured a Santa Julia from Argentina, a light late-harvest wine.

With Tasting Menu, Order Smelling Salts by Moira Hodgson / The New York Observer