chef d'oeuvre
See also: chef d'œuvre and chef-d'œuvre
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French chef-d’œuvre.
Noun
[edit]chef d'oeuvre (plural chefs d'oeuvre)
- Alternative form of chef d'œuvre (a masterpiece).
- 2007, Choderlos de Laclos, translated by Helen Constantine, Dangerous Liaisons, Penguin, page 130:
- Indeed I will explain Danceny's note. The occasion of it is my own doing, and I like to think it is my chef d'oeuvre.
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from French chef-d’œuvre (“chef d'œuvre, masterpiece”)
Noun
[edit]chef d'oeuvre (first-person possessive chef d'oeuvreku, second-person possessive chef d'oeuvremu, third-person possessive chef d'oeuvrenya)
- masterpiece
- Synonyms: adikarya, mahakarya, karya utama
Further reading
[edit]- “chef d'oeuvre” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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