Definitions for etude

etude é·tude

Spelling: [ey-tood, ey-tyood, ey-tood, ey-tyood;
IPA: /ˈeɪ tud, ˈeɪ tyud, eɪˈtud, eɪˈtyud; French eɪˈtüd/

Etude is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 37 anagrams from letters in etude (deetu).

Definitions for etude

noun

  1. a musical composition, usually instrumental, intended mainly for the practice of some point of technique.
  2. study (def 12).

Origin of etude

From French, dating back to 1830-40; See origin at study

Examples for etude

His "Gradus ad Parnassum" became the parent of etude literature.

Opus 10, No. 5, is the "Black Key" etude, so called because all the notes of the right hand are on black keys.

etude sur l'Espece a l'occasion d'une revision de la Famille des Cupuliferes.

etude sur les diverses grandeurs, Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1897.

Unquī′etness, state of disturbance, restlessness; Unquī′etude, inquietude.

etude sur les lettres, les arts et lindustrie pendant le quinzime sicle, vol.

etude de polarité religieuse, in the Revue Philosophique, Dec., 1909.

Konstantin Diomiditch took his seat at the piano, and played the etude very fairly well.

Word Value for etude
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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