Work - Ouvrage (The 1740th Most Common French Word)

The French word for Work is Ouvrage. It is classified as a B1 word, and is the 1740th most common word in French. It can be used as noun. This word often comes up when talking about house, culture & arts, occupation. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced. Download our app for offline access to all of the 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: work

French: ouvrage

Examples


The writer is working on his new book.	L'écrivain travaille à son nouvel ouvrage.
A neutral work is the work of a coward.	Un ouvrage neutre est un ouvrage de pleutre.
It became a universal reference work for the Soviet intelligentsia.	Elle est devenue un ouvrage de référence universel pour l'intelligentsia soviétique.
It is up to literature, the sciences, and the arts to claim responsibility for their share in this salutary work.	C'est aux lettres, aux sciences et aux arts à revendiquer ce qui leur appartient dans un si salutaire ouvrage.
Naẓm al Barāhīn fi Uṣūl al-Dīn, a work on scholastic theology.	Naẓm al Barāhīn fi Uṣūl al-Dīn, un ouvrage sur la théologie scolaire.
The chief work of Sanchez (and the only one that he himself edited) is the Disputationes de sancti matrimonii sacramento.	Son ouvrage principal, et le seul qu'il a lui-même révisé, est le De sancto matrimonii sacramento.
His work is the foundation of all subsequent historical studies.	Son ouvrage est le socle de l'ensemble des études historiques ultérieures.
Example Those hard words, as reported by mr georges marc benamou and cited by arnaud aaron upinsky in his remarkable work 'the ortolan syndrome', nevertheless contain a considerable element of truth.	Sentences: 1. Ces durs propos rapportés par m. georges marc benamou et cités par arnaud aaron upinsky dans son remarquable ouvrage «le syndrome de l'ortolan», contiennent cependant une grande part de vérité.

His sudden death prevented his writing this work.	Sa mort subite l'a empêché d'écrire cet ouvrage.
This work is an illustrated edition of the Qing dynasty of the poem Li sao (Departing sorrow) by Qu Yuan, who lived circa 343-277 BCE.	Cet ouvrage est une édition illustrée de la dynastie des Qing du poème Li sao (tristesse du départ) de Qu Yuan, qui vécut vers 343-277 avant notre ère.
This work collected poems from various periods of his life and received the prix Louise-Labé.	Cet ouvrage réunit un choix de poèmes écrits à différentes périodes de sa vie et reçoit le prix Louise-Labé.
In 1880 she published another work, titled Pottery Decoration under the Glaze.	En 1880, elle publie un autre ouvrage, intitulé Pottery Decoration under the Glaze.
Collective work published by Les Cabanons, at édition du Palais.	Ouvrage collectif publié par Les Cabanons, aux édition du Palais.
This work has an introductory juan on the celestial globe.	Cet ouvrage comporte un juan d'introduction sur le globe céleste.
Lien permanent 0 Here is my work that advances...	Voici voilà mon ouvrage qui avance...
But his most celebrated ultramontane work was a polemical one.	Mais son plus célèbre ouvrage ultramontain est polémique.
His work Clerical Studies then became suspect by Roman authorities.	Son ouvrage Clerical studies est suspecté par Rome.
The dictionary of definitions used in this work is Wordnet.	Le dictionnaire utilisé dans cet ouvrage est Wordnet.
The following are some of the key people involved in the development of this important reference work.	Voici quelques personnes-clés qui participent à cet important ouvrage de référence.
A work which endeavors to compile and catalog all human knowledge.	Un ouvrage qui rassemble et catalogue toutes les connaissances.
This work would fulfill its wider purpose in the broader context of an Atlantic history.	Cet ouvrage prendrait pleinement son sens dans une Histoire atlantique.