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/

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• Homophone: études
• Hyphenation: é‧tude

Noun

étude f (plural études)

1. study (act of studying or examining)
   • 1903, Maurice Pillard Verneuil, Étude de la plante‎^[1], page 1:

     Ils avaient, en un mot, la connaissance et le respect des deux lois qui président à toute bonne conception ornementale : l'étude approfondie du principe qui fournit le motif, et celle de la technique du métier qui devra réaliser celui-ci.

     In a word, they possessed a knowledge of—and respect for—the two laws that govern all sound ornamental design: the thorough study of the principle that yields the motif, and that of the craft technique required to execute it.

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
• Haitian Creole: etid
• → Polish: etiuda
• → Russian: этю́д (etjúd), этю́дъ (etjúd) — pre-1918 spelling
  • → Kazakh: этюд (ètyüwd)
  • → Uzbek: etyud
• → Turkish: etüt

Further reading

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