chef d'oeuvre

noun

shā-ˈdœvrᵊ How to pronounce chef d'oeuvre (audio)
Definition of chef d'oeuvrenext
as in masterpiece
something (as a work of art) that is a great achievement and often its creator's greatest achievement the sculptor labored for 15 years on his chef d'oeuvre

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  • Born in 1906, Visconti was older than either collaborator, and his high-toned, overripe style, expressed in his masterpieces Senso (1954) and The Leopard (1963), arguably renders him an even more remote figure.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026
  • In the 2014 sci-fi film Ex Machina, Oscar Isaac played a reclusive AI-tech billionaire dwelling in an architectural masterpiece—the Juvet Landscape Hotel—and a private summer home in Valldal, Norway.
    — Catherine Dunwoody, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
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“Chef d'oeuvre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chef%20d%27oeuvre. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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