ouvrage
See also: ouvragé
French
Etymology
From Old French ovraige, ovrage, from Vulgar Latin *operaticum, from Latin opera. Cognate to Bourguignon ovraige.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /u.vʁaʒ/
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Noun
ouvrage m (plural ouvrages)
- work, labour
- piece of work
- work, oeuvre
- book, volume
Derived terms
- femme d'ouvrage
- maître d'ouvrage
- ouvrage d'art
Related terms
- œuvre
- ouvrer, œuvrer
- ouvrier, ouvrière
Further reading
- “ouvrage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- voguera