chef-d'oeuvre

[ French she-dœ-vruh ]
See synonyms for chef-d'oeuvre on Thesaurus.com
noun,plural chefs-d'oeu·vre [she-dœ-vruh]. /ʃɛˈdœ vrə/.
  1. a masterpiece, especially in art, literature, or music.

Origin of chef-d'oeuvre

1
Borrowed into English from French around 1610–20

Words Nearby chef-d'oeuvre

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use chef-d'oeuvre in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for chef-d'oeuvre

chef-d'oeuvre

/ French (ʃɛdœvrə) /


nounplural chefs-d'oeuvre (ʃɛdœvrə)
  1. a masterpiece

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012