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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
'Etude \['E]'tude"\ ([asl]'t[.u]d"), noun [F. See {Study}.]
1. A composition in the fine arts which is intended, or may serve, for a study.
2. (Mus.) A study; an exercise; a piece for practice of some special point of technical execution. ||
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
etude
noun: a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "etude": Nachtmusik, absolute music, adaptation, air varie, aleatory, aleatory music, arrangement, article, causerie, chamber music, chamber orchestra, composition, descant, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, electronic music, essay, examination, excursus, exercise, exposition, feature, first approach, harmonization, homily, incidental music, instrumental music, introductory study, invention, lucubration, memoir, monograph, morceau, nocturne, note, opus, orchestration, outline, pandect, paper, paragraph, piece, preliminary study, production, program music, prolegomenon, research paper, ricercar, score, screed, sketch, sonata, sonatina, special article, string orchestra, string quartet, study, survey, term paper, theme, theme and variations, thesis, tract, tractate, treatise, treatment, trio, variation, work
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