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View synonyms for chef-d'oeuvre

chef-d'oeuvre

[ French she--vruh ]

noun

, plural chefs-d'oeu·vre [she-, dœ, -v, r, uh].
  1. a masterpiece, especially in art, literature, or music.


chef-d'oeuvre

/ ʃɛdœvrə /

noun

  1. a masterpiece
“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 chef-d'oeuvre1

Borrowed into English from French around 1610–20
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Example Sentences

It is indeed a masterpiece—a chef-d'oeuvre—beauty and expression unequaled.

The grisette from a certain point of view is the chef-d'oeuvre of Parisian industry; the bouquet of Parisian civilization.

Bertie was executing his chef d'oeuvre in the delineation of Mrs. Proudie's nose and mouth.

To Field's mind, it only suggested the grotesque, and his reproduction was a chef d'oeuvre, as he was wont to say.

Whilst I was drawing this chef d'oeuvre (and, by the way, it took an hour to do it) Ballantyne came in.

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