catalogue raisonné

[ kat-l-awg rez-uh-ney, -og; French ka-ta-lawg re-zaw-ney ]

noun

, plural ca·ta·logues rai·son·nés [kat, -l-awgz rez-, uh, -, ney, -ogz, k, a, -t, a, -lawg , r, e-zaw-, ney].

1. a catalog, as of paintings or books, with notes or commentary on the items listed; a classified, descriptive catalog.

catalogue raisonné

/ katalɔɡ rɛzɔne /

noun

1. a descriptive catalogue, esp one covering works of art in an exhibition or collection

Word History and Origins

Origin of catalogue raisonné¹

1775–85; < French: literally, reasoned catalog

Example Sentences

A catalogue raisonne is such a list classified according to subjects or on some other basis, with short explanations and notes.

From Project Gutenberg

For the rest of the portraits on this vast staircase, it would take a volume to give a catalogue raisonne of them.

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