chef-d'œuvre

See also: chef d'œuvre and chef d'oeuvre

English

Alternative forms

chef d’oeuvre

Etymology

Borrowed from French chef-d'œuvre (“masterpiece”).

Noun

chef-d'œuvre (uncountable)

A masterpiece.

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃɛ.d‿œvʁ/

Noun

chef-d’œuvre m (plural chefs-d'œuvre)

the chief example of a body of work, a masterpiece

Further reading

“chef-d'œuvre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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