collage

See also: Collage

English

WOTD – 10 August 2010
A collage

Etymology

Borrowed from French collage.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kɒˈlɑːʒ/, /kəˈlɑːʒ/, /ˈkɒl.ɑːʒ/
  • (US) enPR: kə-läzh', kō-läzh', IPA(key): /kəˈlɑʒ/, /koʊˈlɑʒ/
  • (file)
    ,
    (file)

Noun

collage (countable and uncountable, plural collages)

  1. A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface.
  2. A composite object or collection (abstract or concrete) created by the assemblage of various media; especially for a work of art such as text, film, etc..
  3. (uncountable) The technique of producing a work of art of this kind.

Derived terms

Translations

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Verb

collage (third-person singular simple present collages, present participle collaging, simple past and past participle collaged)

  1. (transitive) To make into a collage.

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Anagrams


Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French collage.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkɔˈlaː.ʒə/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: col‧la‧ge
  • Rhymes: -aːʒə

Noun

collage m (plural collages)

  1. collage (image created by placing pictures on a surface)
  2. collage (composite created by the assemblage of various works)

French

Etymology

From coller + -age.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔlaʒ/
  • (file)

Noun

collage m (plural collages)

  1. collage
  2. (photography) montage

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Middle English

Noun

collage

  1. Alternative form of college

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French collage.

Noun

collage m (plural collages)

  1. collage

Further reading

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