papier collé
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English
Etymology
French, meaning "pasted paper".
Noun
papier collé (uncountable)
- An art technique in which pieces of flat material (paper, oilcloth, etc.) are pasted into a painting in much in the same way as a collage, except that the pasted pieces represent objects in the painting.
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French papier collé (literally “pasted paper”).
Pronunciation
Noun
papier collé m (invariable)
References
- ^ Optionally triggers syntactic gemination in the following word.
Further reading
- papier collé in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana