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œuvre

œuvre is the alternative spelling of oeuvre.

Meaning of oeuvre

Noun

oeuvre (plural oeuvres)

  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...1990 February 22, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes
  2. (collective, uncountable) A substantial or complete corpus of works produced by an artist, composer, or writer.
    • the complete oeuvre of Mozart
    Synonyms:
    body of work, corpus

Forms of œuvre

pluralœuvres

Questions about œuvre

What is œuvre the alternative spelling of?
Œuvre is the alternative spelling of oeuvre.

Words near œuvre in the dictionary

  1. œsypum
  2. œthel
  3. œthels
  4. Œting
  5. Œuilly
  6. œuvre
  7. œuvres
  8. Řeřišný
  9. śarīra
  10. śarīras
  11. Śiva

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Adapted from Wiktionary: œuvre (page history and authors); oeuvre (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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