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oeuvre

chef d'oeuvre

A masterpiece. When the sculpture was finally complete, the artist declared it his greatest chef d'oeuvre.
See also: chef

a chef d'oeuvre

  (formal)
an artist's or writer's best piece of work The Decameron is widely regarded as Boccaccio's chef d'oeuvre.
See also: chef

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
StephSTEFEnglish
Babbitt['bæbit]
Callisto (1)kahl-LEE-stoItalian
BurkhardBOORK-hahrt (German)German, Ancient Germanic
ClaudiaKLAW-dee-ə (English), KLOW-dee-ah (German, Dutch), KLOW-dyah (Italian, Spanish, Romanian)English, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Biblical, Ancient Roman
HjÖRdÍS-Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
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