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ouvrage

Pronunciation: /u.vʁaʒ/

“ouvrage” is a French word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. work, labour
  2. piece of work
  3. work, oeuvre
  4. book, volume

In French

  1. Travail; action de travailler.
  2. Résultat d’un travail, comme ce qui est produit par l’ouvrier.
  3. Résultat, généralement d'une action.
  4. Objet auquel les femmes travaillent à l’aiguille.
  5. Production de l’esprit.
  6. Recueil, livre qui contient ces productions de l’esprit.
  7. Toute sorte de travaux avancés au-dehors d’une place et destinés à la fortifier.
  8. Construction.

Etymology

From Old French ovraige, ovrage, from Vulgar Latin *operāticum, from Latin opera. Cognate to Bourguignon ovraige.

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