collage
English
/kɒˈlɑːʒ/, /kəˈlɑʒ/
noun
Definitions
- A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface.
- 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.
- (uncountable) The technique of producing a work of art of this kind.
Etymology
Borrowed from French collage (gluing).
Origin
French
collage
Gloss
gluing
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- collagelike English
- collager English
- collagey English
- collagic English
- collagist English
- photocollage English
- Collage German
- kollázs Hungarian
- collage Dutch, Flemish
- collage French
- coller French
- коллаж Russian
- collage Spanish, Castilian
- κόλλα Ancient Greek
- kollasj Norwegian Bokmål
- コラージュ Japanese
- kolaż Polish
- kollasj Norwegian Nynorsk
- colaj Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- kolaj Turkish
- kollaaž Estonian