étude

[ ey-tood, ey-tyood, ey-tood, ey-tyood; French ey-tyd ]

noun

, plural é·tudes [ey, -toodz, ey, -tyoodz, ey-, toodz, ey-, tyoodz, ey-, tyd].

1. a musical composition, usually instrumental, intended mainly for the practice of some point of technique.
2. study ( def 12 ).

étude

/ ˈeɪtjuːd; etyd /

noun

1. a short musical composition for a solo instrument, esp one designed as an exercise or exploiting technical virtuosity

Word History and Origins

Origin of étude¹

From French, dating back to 1830–40; study

Word History and Origins

Origin of étude¹

C19: from French: study

Example Sentences

Etude sur les diverses grandeurs, Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1897.

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Unquī′etness, state of disturbance, restlessness; Unquī′etude, inquietude.

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Varvara Pavlovna played a brilliant and difficult etude by Hertz very correctly.

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But why not select an easy Etude by Chopin and make a start?

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Opus 10, No. 5, is the "Black Key" etude, so called because all the notes of the right hand are on black keys.

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