Dictionary

oeuvre en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɜːvɹə/ (UK)
• /ˈuːvɹə/ (US)
• (US) audio
• /ˈuːvɹə/ (UK)

Etymology

From French œuvre, from Old French uevre, from Latin opera (plural of Latin opus), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“work”). Doublet of opera, opus, and ure.

Meanings

1. A work of art, music or literature.
   • (Calvin) This piece is about the inadequacy of traditional imagery and symbols to convey meaning in today's world. By abandoning representationalism, I'm free to express myself with pure form. Specific interpretation gives way to a more visceral response. (Hobbes) I notice your oeuvre is monochromatic. (Calvin) Well c'mon, it's just snow. 1990 February 22, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes:
2. (collective, uncountable) A substantial or complete corpus of works produced by an artist, composer, or writer.
   • There, in that pale region, beneath that essential cover, the twin incompatibility of an œuvre and madness is unveiled; it is the blind spot of each one's possibility, and of their mutual exclusion. 2006, Michel Foucault, “Madness, the absence of an œuvre.”, in Jean Khalfa, transl., edited by Jean Khalfa, In History of Madness, Routledge, →ISBN, pages 541–549:
   • Let’s “fictionalize” Foucault’s life by turning it into a biographical account of Foucault and his oeuvre or work. 1997, Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, Totem Books, Icon Books, →ISBN, page 7:
   • the complete oeuvre of Mozart
   • Although, at the onset of my writing this catalogue, his forty-eight opus numbers suggested a small output, in fact his oeuvre comprised more than 100 published and nearly as many unpublished pieces representative of nearly every musical genre. 2012 April 23, Barbara B. Heyman, “Introduction”, in Samuel Barber: A Thematic Catalogue of the Complete Works, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:

Forms

Relateds

oeuvre-catalogue · oeuvre de vulgarisation · manoeuvre · chef d'oeuvre · hors d'oeuvre

Synonyms

body of work · corpus

Translations (48)

uk тво́рчість (corpus of works) · uk труди́ (corpus of works) · ru труды́ (corpus of works) · fr œuvre (work of art) · sv verk (work of art) · ru тво́рчество (corpus of works) · be твор (work of art) · it opera (work of art) · sv arbete (work of art) · ru произведе́ние (work of art) · rm ovra (work of art) · fr œuvres (corpus of works) · ru труд (work of art) · uk твір (work of art) · fi taideteos (work of art) · yue （作品的）全集 (corpus of works) · hu mű (work of art) · rm ovra (corpus of works) · es obra (corpus of works) · no forfatterskap (corpus of works) · rm ouvra (corpus of works) · pl twórczość (corpus of works) · uk труд (work of art) · fi teos (work of art) · hu életmű (corpus of works) · da forfatterskab (corpus of works) · cmn 藝術品 /艺术品 (work of art) · rm ouvra (work of art) · be тво́рчасць (corpus of works) · rsk творчосц (corpus of works) · pl utwór (work of art) · pt obra (work of art) · es literatura (corpus of works) · pl dorobek (corpus of works) · de Gesamtwerk (corpus of works) · de Œuvre (work of art) · no verk (work of art) · de Œuvre (corpus of works) · lv raža (corpus of works) · fi tuotanto (corpus of works) · de Werk (work of art) · eo verkaro (corpus of works) · rsk творительство (corpus of works) · es producción (corpus of works) · es obra (work of art) · nl oeuvre (corpus of works) · pl dzieło (work of art) · ru творе́ние (work of art)