chef-d'œuvre

/ʃɛ.dœvʁ/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain Artistic Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: artistic. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
les chefs-d'œuvre

Meaning

  1. masterpiece

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Meisterwerk

Meisterwerk is the German word for the same thing — both mean "masterpiece."

Practice

1 What does chef-d'œuvre mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le tableau devient un chef-d'___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches chef-d'œuvre?

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