chef d'oeuvre

See also: chef d'œuvre and chef-d'œuvre

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chef-d’œuvre.

Noun

chef d'oeuvre (plural chefs d'oeuvre)

  1. Alternative form of chef d'œuvre (a masterpiece).
    • 2007, Choderlos de Laclos, translated by Helen Constantine, Dangerous Liaisons, Penguin, page 130:
      Indeed I will explain Danceny's note. The occasion of it is my own doing, and I like to think it is my chef d'oeuvre.

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French chef-d'œuvre (“chef d'œuvre, masterpiece”)

Noun

chef d'oeuvre (plural chef-chef d'oeuvre)

  1. masterpiece
    Synonyms: adikarya, mahakarya, karya utama

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