étude

See also: etude, Etude, and Etüde

English

Noun

étude (plural études)

1. Alternative spelling of etude

French

Etymology

From Old French estude, borrowed from Latin studium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.tyd/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

• Homophone: études
• Hyphenation: é‧tude

Noun

étude f (plural études)

1. study (act of studying or examining)
2. (art) study (artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject)
3. (music) etude (short piece of music for special practice)
4. study (room in a house intended for reading and writing)
   1. (education) classroom
   2. (law) office of a notary, solicitor, etc.

Derived terms

• à l’étude
• bourse d’études
• étude de marché
• études de genre
• études européennes

Related terms

• étudier
• studieux

Descendants

• → Danish: etude
• → Dutch: etude
• → English: etude
• → Polish: etiuda
• → Russian: этю́д (etjúd), этю́дъ (etjúd) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
  • → Kazakh: этюд (étüd)
  • → Uzbek: etyud
• → Turkish: etüt

Further reading

• “étude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.