étude
English
Noun
étude (plural études)
- Alternative spelling of etude.
French
Etymology
From Old French estude, borrowed from Latin studium.
Pronunciation
Noun
étude f (plural études)
- study (act of studying or examining)
- (art) study (artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject)
- (music) etude (short piece of music for special practice)
- study (room in a house intended for reading and writing)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Danish: etude
- → Dutch: etude
- → English: etude
- → Polish: etiuda
- → Russian: этю́д (etjúd), этю́дъ (etjúd) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
- → Kazakh: этюд (étüd)
- → Uzbek: etyud
- → Turkish: etüt
Further reading
- “étude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.