magnum opus
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (Latin) IPA: /ˌmaŋnũː ˈopus/
- (RP) enPR: măg'nəm ōʹpəs, IPA: /ˌmæɡnəm ˈəʊpəs/
- (America) enPR: măg'nəm ōʹpəs, IPA: /ˌmæɡnəm ˈoʊpəs/
magnum opus
- A great or important work of literature, music or art, a masterpiece.
- The best, most popular, or most renowned achievement of an author or artist, representing their major life effort.
- The 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four is widely considered to be George Orwell's magnum opus.
- (alchemy) The process of working with the prima materia to create the philosopher's stone.
- German: Meisterwerk
- Russian: шедевр
- Spanish: obra maestra
- French: magnum opus, grand œuvre
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