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Meaning of "chef-d'oeuvre" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CHEF-D'OEUVRE

chef-d'oeuvre  [ʃɛdœvrə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHEF-D'OEUVRE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chef-D'oeuvre is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHEF-D'OEUVRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of chef-d'oeuvre in the English dictionary

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WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHEF-D'OEUVRE


chefs-doeuvre
ʃɛdœvrə
chevre
ˈʃevrə
Havre
ˈhɑːvrə
livre
ˈliːvrə
oeuvre
œvrə
savoir-vivre
ˈsævwɑːˈviːvrə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHEF-D'OEUVRE

cheesetaster
cheesevat
cheesewood
cheesewring
cheesier
cheesiest
cheesily
cheesiness
cheesy
cheetah
Cheever
chef
chef de mission
chefdom
cheffy
Chefoo
chefs-doeuvre
cheilitis
cheiromancer
cheiromancy

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHEF-D'OEUVRE

adventure
agriculture
Aire
anywhere
architecture
are
arriere
as it were
as you were
aware
be sure
Heimlich manoeuvre
hors d´oeuvre
joie de vivre
Le Havre
louvre
manoeuvre
more
outmanoeuvre
to be sure

Synonyms and antonyms of chef-d'oeuvre in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CHEF-D'OEUVRE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «chef-d'oeuvre» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of chef-d'oeuvre

Translation of «chef-d'oeuvre» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHEF-D'OEUVRE

Find out the translation of chef-d'oeuvre to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of chef-d'oeuvre from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chef-d'oeuvre» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

厨师d´oeuvre
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

obra maestra
570 millions of speakers

English

chef-d´oeuvre
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

महाराज - d´oeuvre
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طاه d´oeuvre
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шедевр
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

obra-prima
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শেফ-d´oeuvre
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chef-d´œuvre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Chef-d´oeuvre
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Meisterstück
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

傑作
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

요리사 d´oeuvre
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Chef-d´oeuvre
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đầu bếp - d´oeuvre
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சமையல்காரர்-d´oeuvre
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शेफ-डीओइवेर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şef-d´oeuvre
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

capolavoro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kucharz - d´œuvre
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шедевр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bucătar - d´oeuvre
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

chef - d´oeuvre
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Sjef - d´oeuvre
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mästerverk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kokk - d´oeuvre
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chef-d'oeuvre

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHEF-D'OEUVRE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHEF-D'OEUVRE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «chef-d'oeuvre» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «chef-d'oeuvre» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chef-d'oeuvre

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHEF-D'OEUVRE»

Discover the use of chef-d'oeuvre in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chef-d'oeuvre and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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LE CHATEAU DORIAN, grandeur et décadence d'un chef-d'oeuvre ...
Renaud AULAGNER. Plan de masse du château et de son parc UN CHEF D' OEUVRE EN PERIL En 1994, plus rien de. 32.
Renaud AULAGNER
2
Chef-D'Oeuvre de Piron (1788)
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text, possible missing pages, missing text and other issues beyond our control.
Alexis Piron, 2009
3
'Surfacing' the Politics of Desire: Literature, Feminism, ...
See the notes to Le chef-d'oeuvre inconnu, 245. 40 Balzac, 'Des artistes,' in Le chef-d'oeuvre inconnu, 282; emphasis mine. 41 For interpretations of the short story in this vein, see Bernard, 'La problématique de “l'échange” dans Le ...
Rajeshwari Suryamohan Vallury, 2008
4
Chef-d'oeuvre of French Literature: Consisting of ...
Consisting of Interesting Extracts from the Classic French Writers, in Prose and Verse, with Biographical and Critical Remarks on the Authors and Their Works. J' ai voulu vous gronder un peu pour soulager ma douleur; j'ai peutètre tort,' et ceux  ...
5
Method in Madness: Control Mechanisms in the French Fantastic
In Balzac's "Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu", the young artist, Poussin, arrives in Paris, where he meets the great painter, Frenhofer, and learns about the latter's unfinished masterpiece entitled La Belle Noiseuse. Although Frenhofer initially insists ...
Jutta Emma Fortin, 2005
6
Manuel Du Bibliophile: Ou Traité Du Choix Des Livres, ...
Le Chef-d'œuvre d'un Inconnu, par Saint-Hya^ einthe, est une production vraiment originale et très piquante 5 c'est grand dommage qu'on ait un peu trop prolongé cette excellente plaisanterie. Finesse, délicatesse , sel épigrammatique  ...
Gabriel Peignot, 1823
7
In the Court of the Pear King: French Culture and the Rise ...
Honoré de Balzac, Le chef-d'oeuvre inconnu, in La comedie humaine (Paris: Pléiade, 1979), 10:436. "Ce chaos de couleurs, de tons, de nuances indécises, espèce de brouillard sans forme." Ail passages quoted from Balzac's works are taken ...
Sandy Petrey, 2005
8
The Encyclopédie
S'il est fils de maitre, assez ordinairement il est dispense du chef-d'oeuvre; s'il ne 1'est pas, fut-il le plus habile ouvrier d'une ville, il a bien de la peine a faire un chef- d'oeuvre qui soit agree de la communaute, quand il est odieux a cette ...
John Lough, 1971
9
Religion Et Culture Au Canada:
Ronchamp d'abord qui fait à la fois figure de chef-d'oeuvre et de hors- d'oeuvre. Chef-d' oeuvre parce que cette église constitue au plan architectural la plus admirable réussite technique du XXe siècle tant par l'utilisation savante des ...
Peter Slater, 1978
10
Notre voix
Chef-d'oeuvre du theatre de I'horreur On le voit tous les jours Dans des villes aux tours pretentieuses De riches tres riches au-dela des murailles. Decor macabre d 'enfants et de petits vieux En lambeaux, faim et soif. Chef-d'oeuvre du theatre ...
‎2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHEF-D'OEUVRE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chef-d'oeuvre is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bergman's 'Cries and Whispers' Is a Blu-ray Revelation
All in all, you cannot mistake this for anything but a chef-d'oeuvre, unless perhaps you're nineteen, hungover, and it's Monday morning all over ... «Village Voice, Jul 15»
2
Quran audience spellbound by Ghannam's calligraphy
His remarkable calligraphy chef-d'oeuvre, featuring the first and greatest seven-verse chapter of the holy Quran 'Al Fatiha' has spellbound the ... «Khaleej Times, Jun 15»
3
Al Uzama's calligraphy masterpiece dazzles Quran audience
His spectacular calligraphy chef-d'oeuvre, featuring two words meaning 'Refined Raiment', has enthralled the audience of the Award who had ... «Khaleej Times, Jun 15»
4
Ozcay masterpiece calligraphy mesmerises Quran award audience
His spectacular calligraphy chef-d'oeuvre features chapter 112 (Al-Ikhlas or The Sincerity) of the holy Quran which reads: “Say, He is Allah, ... «Khaleej Times, Jun 15»
5
VIDEOS. "Harvey Milk", "Mystic River", "Gunman" : top et flop de la …
... mais pas Sean Penn : dans le rôle du sergent-chef Edward Welsh, il est l'un des piliers de ce chef-d'oeuvre absolu du film de guerre. 2. «L'Obs, Jun 15»
6
Ted 2 : une suite irrévérencieuse à prendre comme de la petite bear…
J'ai aimé la chicane de ménage entre Ted et sa femme Tami-Lynn au début du film, puisqu'elle fait écho au chef-d'oeuvre de Martin Scorsese, ... «TVQC, Jun 15»
7
Viirlaid's Poetry in English
1922) is a solidly established Estonian emigrant writer, whose chef-d'oeuvre in prose fiction, the novel Graves without Crosses (in Estonian: ... «Eesti elu, Jun 15»
8
Daft Punk : bas les masques
... et unanimement reconnu comme un chef-d'oeuvre. Peter Franco, l'ingénieur du son du disque en question, raconte notamment comment, ... «L'Obs, Jun 15»
9
Michel-Ange arrive à Montréal! En grande première mondiale La …
Maintenant, les Montréalais –sans parler des visiteurs de partout dans le monde– peuvent contempler cet extraordinaire chef-d'oeuvre ... «Business Wire, Jun 15»
10
Fanzone N°425 - Bienvenue aux 76e Hunger Games !
... monté et magnifique pour les yeux :) Un pure chef d'oeuvre !! Et niveau Tomb Raider, ont peux parler d'un futur chef-d'oeuvre aussi ? «AlloCiné, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Chef-D'oeuvre [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/chef-doeuvre>. May 2024 ».
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