Etude Definition

āto͝od, -tyo͝od
etudes
noun
A piece composed for the development of a specific point of technique.
American Heritage
A musical composition for a solo instrument, designed to give practice in some special point of technique, but often performed for its artistic worth.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
etude
Plural:
etudes

Origin of Etude

  • From the around the year 1837, from French étude (meaning "study") from the Latin word studium (meaning "spirit", "devotion" or "study").

    From Wiktionary

  • French étude from Old French estudie study study

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

Etude Sentence Examples

  • Before I could respond, my cell phone played a Chopin etude.

  • Schlumberger has written on the coins and seals of the Latin East in various publications; while Rey has written an Etude sur les monuments de l'architecture militaire (Paris, 1871).

  • He settled in England in 1740, published several books, and wrote the preface to Gibbon's first work, Etude de la litterature.

  • Lieby, Etude sur le thedtre de Marie-Joseph Chenier (1902).

  • The theoretical aspect is discussed in Leon Guillet's Etude theorique des alliages metalliques (2904).

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EETETU

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EDEUDE

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