Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Etude"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
'Etude \['E]`tude"\ ([asl]`t[.u]d"), n. [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) 1.7 (wn)
etude
n : a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an
exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity
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