étude

See also: etude, Etude, and Etüde

English

Noun

étude (plural études)

  1. Alternative spelling of etude.

French

Etymology

From Old French estude, borrowed from Latin studium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.tyd/
  • Audio (Paris):(file)
  • Homophone: études
  • Hyphenation: é‧tude

Noun

étude f (plural études)

  1. study (act of studying or examining)
  2. (art) study (artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject)
  3. (music) etude (short piece of music for special practice)
  4. study (room in a house intended for reading and writing)
    1. (education) classroom
    2. (law) office of a notary, solicitor, etc.

Derived 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

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