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Webster 1913 Edition

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(ā̍ˊtụd′)

Noun.

[F. See

A composition in the fine arts which is intended, or may serve, for a study.

(Mus.)

A study; an exercise; a piece for practice of some special point of technical execution.

See also: etude, Etude, and étude

Etüde f ‎(genitive Etüde, plural Etüden)