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Definitions: Etude |
EtudeNoun1. A short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "etude" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
Crosswords: Etude |
| Specialty definitions using "etude": COLLEGE. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Plein Air Etude (1991) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | O! fruits heureux d'une Etude profonde!.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| A minor etude very characteristic of Chopin. | A typical classical guitar etude for solo guitar. | ||
| A simple etude characteristic of a Schumann style. | |||
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| "Etude" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 71.43% of the time. "Etude" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 71.43% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 28.57% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "etude"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | etyd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | دراسة (combine harvester, contemplation, memoir, project, research, schooling, study, survey, treatise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | етюд (study). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | hudební cvièení. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | étude. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | etüde. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תר'יל (drill, exercise, practice, training), אטיו". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | etûd, gyakorlat (class work, drill, exercise, field-work, métier, parade, practical class, practice, practise, praxis, routine, use). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | studio (analysis, closet, consulting room, factory, office, project, schoolwork, studio, study, studying, survey, workshop). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 練'曲 , エタクリン酸 (ethacrynic acid, ethanol, Ethiopia, ethyl alcohol, ethylene, etiquette). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | れ"しゅうきょく, エチュード . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | etudeay etrusco (Etrurian, Etruscan). (various references) этюд. (various references) etida. (various references) ejercicio musical, composición musical corta. (various references) etyd (study). (various references) etüt (research, study, study room, study time, survey), tetkik (examination, revisal, study, survey, verification). (various references) etяud (r). (various references) етюд. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "etude": etudes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "etude": consuetude, desuetude, disquietude, hebetude, inquietude, mansuetude, quietude. (additional references) | |
Words containing "etude": consuetudes, desuetudes, disquietudes, hebetudes, inquietudes, mansuetudes, quietudes. (additional references) | |
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"Etude" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ebudea, eiusdem, ejusdem, Entada, enude, erude, estude, etad, etae, Etid, etie, etome, ettu, etu, etube, Etud, etuded, etuge, etuse, eud, Gtudu, retude, teide, teue, tude. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-t-u" | |
-1 letter: deet, duet, teed. | |
-2 letters: dee, due, ted, tee. | |
-3 letters: de, ed, et, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-t-u" | |
+1 letter: depute, eluted, etudes, teledu. | |
+2 letters: debuted, denture, deputed, deputes, detinue, detrude, duetted, educate, equated, eructed, erudite, erupted, extrude, exudate, exulted, guested, quested, quieted, refuted, reputed, retuned, sauteed, teledus, tenured, uttered. | |
+3 letters: abductee, adequate, bucketed, budgeted, budgeter, buffeted, bulleted, buttered, cuneated, curetted, curveted, deducted, degusted, deluster, demurest, denature, dentures, denudate, depurate, deputies, deputize, detinues, detoured, detruded, detrudes, deuteric, deuteron, devouter, drupelet, duecento, duvetine, duvetyne, ecaudate, educated, educates, eductive, embruted, emulated, enthused, executed, extruded, extruder, extrudes, exudates, featured, gestured, gusseted, guttered, hebetude, inductee, junketed, lectured, lustered, mustered, muttered, neutered, nutsedge, outbreed, outspeed, permuted, puttered, quietude, rebutted, relucted, requited, rerouted, resulted, retinued, returned, reunited, roqueted, sederunt, sleuthed, tautened, textured, truebred, trusteed, tuckered, tumefied, tunneled, turreted, tuxedoed, tuxedoes, udometer, unbelted, underate, undereat, underlet, underset, unedited, unheated, unletted, unmelted, unrented, unrested, unseated, untended, untented, untested, unwetted, ventured, vestured, wuthered, yuletide. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 74 75 64 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). - ..- -.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110100 01110101 01100100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E t u d e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0074 0075 0064 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3986877071 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Sounds 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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