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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of catalogue raisonné1

1775–85; < French: literally, reasoned catalog
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Example Sentences

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

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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