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Definition of chef-d’oeuvre noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

chef-d’oeuvre

noun
 
/ˌʃeɪ ˈdɜːvrə/
 
/ˌʃeɪ ˈdɜːvrə/,
 
/ˌʃeɪ ˈduːvrə/
(plural chefs-d’oeuvre
 
/ˌʃeɪ ˈdɜːvrə/
 
/ˌʃeɪ ˈdɜːvrə/,
 
/ˌʃeɪ ˈduːvrə/
)
(from French, formal)
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  1. a very good piece of work, especially the best work by a particular artist, writer, etc. synonym masterpiece
    Word OriginFrench, ‘chief work’.
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