collage

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English

WOTD – 10 August 2010
A collage

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French collage. Doublet of collagen, colloid, and protocol.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

collage (countable and uncountable, plural collages)

  2. A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface or juxtaposing them digitally in analogous manner.
  4. 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.
    Near-synonyms: bricolage, montage
    Richard Brautigan's novel So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away is a collage of memories.
  6. (uncountable) The technique or method of producing a work of art of this kind.
    Near-synonyms: bricolage, montage

Derived terms

(terms derived from collage (noun)):

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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.
    collage the picture together.

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Anagrams

Basque

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French collage.

Pronunciation

Noun

collage inan

  1. collage

Declension

Declension of collage (inanimate, ending in orthographical vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive collage collage-a collage-ak
ergative collage-k collage-ak collage-ek
dative collage-ri collage-ari collage-ei
genitive collage-ren collage-aren collage-en
comitative collage-rekin collage-arekin collage-ekin
causative collage-rengatik collage-arengatik collage-engatik
benefactive collage-rentzat collage-arentzat collage-entzat
instrumental collage-z collage-az collage-ez
inessive collage-tan collage-an collage-etan
locative collage-tako collage-ko collage-etako
allative collage-tara collage-ra collage-etara
terminative collage-taraino collage-raino collage-etaraino
directive collage-tarantz collage-rantz collage-etarantz
destinative collage-tarako collage-rako collage-etarako
ablative collage-tatik collage-tik collage-etatik
partitive collage-rik — —
prolative collage-tzat — —

Further reading

  • “collage”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Dutch

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French collage.

Pronunciation

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)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: kolase

French

Etymology

From coller +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

Noun

collage m (plural collages)

  1. collage
  2. (photography) montage

Descendants

Descendants

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

collage

  1. Alternative form of college

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French collage.

Pronunciation

Noun

collage m (plural collages)

  1. collage

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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