etude

See also: Etude, étude, and Etüde

English

Alternative forms

étude

Etymology

From around the year 1837, from French étude (meaning "study") from the Latin word studium (meaning "spirit", "devotion" or "study").

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /eɪˈtjuːd/, /eɪˈtuːd/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪˌtud/, /ˈeɪˌtjud/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

etude (plural etudes)

(music) A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.

Synonyms

(a song written as an exercise): study

Translations

piece of music

Chinese:
Mandarin: 練習曲 (zh), 练习曲 (zh) (liànxíqǔ)
Finnish: etydi (fi)
German: Etüde (de) f
Icelandic: etýða f, æfing (is) f
Japanese: 練習曲 (れんしゅうきょく, renshūkyoku)
Korean: 연습곡 (yeonseupgok)

Macedonian: етида f (etída)
Polish: etiuda (pl) f
Portuguese: étude (pt) m
Russian: этю́д (ru) m (etjúd)
Slovene: etida f
Spanish: estudio (es) m
Swedish: etyd (sv) c

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