oeuvre

See also: oeuvré, œuvre, Œuvre, and œuvré

English

WOTD – 7 June 2006

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French œuvre, from the Latin opus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɜːvɹə/, /ˈuːvɹə/
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Noun

oeuvre (plural oeuvres)

  1. A work of art.
  2. The complete body of an artist's work.

Quotations

"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." - Michel Foucault. "Madness, the absence of an œuvre." In History of Madness, edited by Jean Khalfa, 541-549. Routledge, 2006. Original Publication: Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique (Gallimard, 1972) Accessed Here

  • 1997, Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 7 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN
    Let’s “fictionalize” Foucault’s life by turning it into a biographical account of Foucault and his oeuvre or work.

Synonyms

  • complete works

Translations

complete body of works

See also

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

oeuvre n (plural oeuvres, diminutive oevretje n)

  1. oeuvre

French

Noun

oeuvre f (plural oeuvres)

  1. Nonstandard spelling of œuvre.

Usage notes

  • The œ ligature is often replaced in contemporary French with oe (the œ character does not appear on AZERTY keyboards), but this is nonstandard.

Further reading

Anagrams

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Old French uevre.

Noun

oeuvre m, f (plural oeuvres)

  1. work; piece of work
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