etude

• étude

From around the year 1837, borrowed from French étude (“study”) from Latin studium. Doublet of studio and study.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /eɪˈtjuːd/, /eɪˈtuːd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪˌtud/, /ˈeɪˌtjud/

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• Rhymes: (UK) -uːd

etude (plural etudes)

1. (music) A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.

   Synonym: study

   • 2007, Michele Weir, Jazz Piano Handbook, Alfred Music Publishing, →ISBN, page 110:

     The etudes with metronome markings should be played in tempo, all others should be considered rubato.

etude c (singular definite etuden, plural indefinite etuder)

1. etude

• “etude” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “etude” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

• étude

From French étude. Doublet of studie and studio.

• IPA^(key): /eːˈty.də/

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etude f (plural etudes, diminutive etudetje n)

1. etude

• “etude” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
• etude on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

From Dutch etude, from French étude (“study”), from Old French estude (“study”), from Latin studium (“spirit”). Doublet of studi and studio.

• IPA^(key): /etudɛ/
• Hyphenation: étu‧dè

étudè (plural etude-etude)

1. (music) etude: a short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill

• “etude” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.