Chef-d'oeuvre Definition

shā-dœvrə, -dûrv
noun
A masterpiece, as in art or literature.
Webster's New World

A piece of work that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career.

Wiktionary

A work of outstanding creativity, skill or workmanship.

Wiktionary

A work created in order to qualify as a master craftsman and member of a guild.

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Noun

Singular:
chef-d'oeuvre
Plural:
chefs-d-oeuvre

Origin of Chef-d'oeuvre

  • French chef d'œuvre chef head, beginning de of œuvre work

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French chef d'œuvre

    From Wiktionary

Chef-d'oeuvre Sentence Examples

  • The Metonic Cycle, Which May Be Regarded As The Chef D'Oeuvre Of Ancient Astronomy, Is A Period Of Nineteen Solar Years, After Which The New Moons Again Happen On The Same Days Of The Year.

  • The Protestant church of St Thomas, a Gothic building of the 13th and 14th centuries, contains a fine monument of Marshal Saxe, considered the chef d'oeuvre of the sculptor, Jean Baptiste Pigalle.

  • In 1778 he had selected the chef-d'oeuvre of some 400 specula which he made for the celebrated instrument of 7-ft.

  • Fraunhofer's chef-d'oeuvre, the great Dorpat refractor, made for Otto Struve about 1820, had a mounting of this type, and was the first equatorial of any importance to be provided with clockwork.

  • It will be a difficult feat to genuinely remain a deist after digesting the information contained in this chef-d'oeuvre.

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