Meanings
nounetude (plural etudes)
plural etudes · alternative étude
- entertainmentA short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.
The etudes with metronome markings should be played in tempo, all others should be considered rubato.
2007, Michele Weir, Jazz Piano Handbook, Alfred Music Publishing, →ISBN, page 110Synonyms: study
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.
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Translations
Bulgarian етюд
- етюд (etjud)piece of music
Catalan estudi
- estudipiece of music
Chinese Mandarin 練習曲 /练习曲
- 練習曲 /练习曲 (liànxíqǔ)piece of music
Czech etuda
- etudapiece of music
Danish etude
- etudepiece of music
Dutch etude
- etudepiece of music
Estonian etüüd
- etüüdpiece of music
Finnish etydi
- etydipiece of music
German Etüde
- Etüdepiece of music
Greek σπουδή
- σπουδή (spoudí)piece of music
Hebrew אֶטיוּד
- אֶטיוּדpiece of music
Hungarian etűd
- etűdpiece of music
Icelandic etýða, æfing
- etýðapiece of music
- æfingpiece of music
Italian studio
- studiopiece of music
Japanese 練習曲
- 練習曲 (renshūkyoku)piece of music
Korean 연습곡
- 연습곡 (yeonseupgok)piece of music
Latvian etīde
- etīdepiece of music
Lithuanian etiudas
- etiudaspiece of music
Polish etiuda
- etiudapiece of music
Portuguese étude
- étudepiece of music
Romanian studiu
- studiupiece of music
Russian этю́д
- этю́д (etjúd)piece of music
Slovak etuda
- etudapiece of music
Spanish estudio
- estudiopiece of music
Swedish etyd
- etydpiece of music
Turkish etüt
- etütpiece of music
Ukrainian етюд
- етюд (etjud)piece of music
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APA
etude. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/etude
MLA
“etude.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/etude. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “etude,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/etude.
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