étude
a musical composition, usually instrumental, intended mainly for the practice of some point of technique.
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How to use étude in a sentence
Etude sur les diverses grandeurs, Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1897.
Unquī′etness, state of disturbance, restlessness; Unquī′etude, inquietude.
Varvara Pavlovna played a brilliant and difficult etude by Hertz very correctly.
A House of Gentlefolk | Ivan TurgenevBut why not select an easy Etude by Chopin and make a start?
Piano Playing | Josef HofmannOpus 10, No. 5, is the "Black Key" etude, so called because all the notes of the right hand are on black keys.
The Pianolist | Gustav Kobb
British Dictionary definitions for étude
/ (ˈeɪtjuːd, French etyd) /
a short musical composition for a solo instrument, esp one designed as an exercise or exploiting technical virtuosity
Origin of étude
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