ˈə(r)v(r ə ), ˈə̄v-, -vrə, F œœvr( ə ) or -v(rə) noun
( plural oeuvres “)
Etymology: French œuvre work (something produced by labor), from Latin opera, from plural of opus work — more at operate
: a substantial body of work constituting the lifework of a writer, an artist, or a composer
even without an oeuvre , some dramatists can effect a satisfying unity and significance of pattern in single plays — T.S.Eliot
the oeuvre of one and the same painter sometimes is divided into two strata — Wolfgang Born
the most popular of all the music in the Wagnerian oeuvre — P.H.Lang