English-French translations for opus

• opus
  Le retrait estimé de 22 substances, dont le Mancozeb et l'Opus, affectera la disponibilité des produits. The removal of an estimated 22 substances, including Mancozeb and Opus, will affect product availability.
  Je dois dire que M. Bourlanges m'a déjà impressionné lorsqu'il a présenté son opus magnum sur l'externalisation en novembre 1999. I have to say that Mr Bourlanges already impressed me when he presented his magnum opus on externalisation in November 1999.

Definition of opus

• A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works
• A work, especially of art

Examples

• Beethovens opus eighteen quartets are considered by many to be the beginning of the Romantic era
• The painters last opus was a dedication to all things living, in a surprising contrast to all of his prior work

Related words

• octopus
• octopush
• opusculum
• mucopus
• Canopus
• opuscule
• octopussy
• opuscle
• acropustulosis