oeuvreとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• œuvre

語源

From French œuvre, from Old French uevre, from Latin opera (plural of Latin opus), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“work”). Doublet of opera, opus, and ure.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈɜːvɹə/, /ˈuːvɹə/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈuːvɹə/

名詞

oeuvre (plural oeuvres)

1. A work of art, music or literature.
   • 1990 February 22, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes‎:

     (Calvin) This piece is about the inadequacy of traditional imagery and symbols to convey meaning in today's world. By abandoning representationalism, I'm free to express myself with pure form. Specific interpretation gives way to a more visceral response.
     (Hobbes) I notice your oeuvre is monochromatic.
     (Calvin) Well c'mon, it's just snow.

2. (uncountable, collective) A substantial or complete corpus of works produced by a artist, composer, or writer.

   Synonyms: body of work, corpus

   the complete oeuvre of Mozart

   • 1997, Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, Totem Books, Icon Books, →ISBN, page 7:

     Let’s “fictionalize” Foucault’s life by turning it into a biographical account of Foucault and his oeuvre or work.

   • 2006, Michel Foucault, “Madness, the absence of an œuvre.”, in Jean Khalfa, transl., edited by Jean Khalfa, In History of Madness, Routledge, →ISBN, pages 541–549:

     There, in that pale region, beneath that essential cover, the twin incompatibility of an œuvre and madness is unveiled; it is the blind spot of each one's possibility, and of their mutual exclusion.

   • 2012 April 23, Barbara B. Heyman, “Introduction”, in Samuel Barber: A Thematic Catalogue of the Complete Works, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:

     Although, at the onset of my writing this catalogue, his forty-eight opus numbers suggested a small output, in fact his oeuvre comprised more than 100 published and nearly as many unpublished pieces representative of nearly every musical genre.

関連する語

• oeuvre-catalogue
• oeuvre de vulgarisation
• chef d'oeuvre
• hors d'oeuvre
• manoeuvre

参照

• “oeuvre, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “oeuvre, n.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “oeuvre”, in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006; reproduced on Wordnik, 2009–2026