etude

See also: Etude, étude, and Etüde

English

Alternative forms

• étude

Etymology

From around the year 1837, borrowed from French étude (“study”) from Latin studium. Doublet of studio and study.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /eɪˈtjuːd/, /eɪˈtuːd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪˌtud/, /ˈeɪˌtjud/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: (UK) -uːd

Noun

etude (plural etudes)

1. (music) A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.

   Synonym: study

   • 2007, Michele Weir, Jazz Piano Handbook, Alfred Music Publishing, →ISBN, page 110:

     The etudes with metronome markings should be played in tempo, all others should be considered rubato.

Translations

piece of music

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: etüd
• Bulgarian: етюд (bg) (etjud)
• Catalan: estudi (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 練習曲 / 练习曲 (zh) (liànxíqǔ)

• Czech: etuda f
• Danish: etude c
• Dutch: etude (nl) f
• Estonian: etüüd
• Finnish: etydi (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Etüde (de) f
• Hebrew: אֶטיוּד
• Hungarian: etűd (hu)
• Icelandic: etýða f, æfing (is) f
• Italian: studio (it) m
• Japanese: 練習曲 (れんしゅうきょく, renshūkyoku)
• Korean: 연습곡 (yeonseupgok)
• Latvian: etīde
• Lithuanian: etiudas
• Macedonian: ети́да f (etída)
• Polish: etiuda (pl) f
• Portuguese: étude (pt) m
• Romanian: studiu (ro) n
• Russian: этю́д (ru) m (etjúd)
• Slovak: etuda f
• Slovene: etida f, etuda f
• Spanish: estudio (es) m
• Swedish: etyd (sv) c
• Turkish: etüt (tr)
• Ukrainian: етюд (uk) (etjud)
• Uzbek: etyud (uz)

Danish

Noun

etude c (singular definite etuden, plural indefinite etuder)

1. etude

Declension

Declension of etude

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	etude	etuden	etuder	etuderne
genitive	etudes	etudens	etuders	etudernes

Further reading

• “etude” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “etude” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Alternative forms

• étude

Etymology

From French étude. Doublet of studie and studio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːˈty.də/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

etude f (plural etudes, diminutive etudetje n)

1. etude

Further reading

• “etude” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
• etude on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch etude, from French étude (“study”), from Old French estude (“study”), from Latin studium (“spirit”). Doublet of studi and studio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /etudɛ/
• Hyphenation: étu‧dè

Noun

étudè (plural etude-etude)

1. (music) etude: a short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill

Further reading

• “etude” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.