collage
A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface or juxtaposing them digitally…A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface or juxtaposing them digitally in analogous manner.
» Ziri made a collage from various pictures.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface or juxtaposing them digitally in analogous manner.
Collage
колла́жkolláž
(countable, uncountable)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.
колла́жkolláž
(uncountable)The technique or method of producing a work of art of this kind.
Near-synonyms: bricolage, montage
колла́жkolláž
- a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image
- any collection of diverse things
Examples
8 sentencesZiri made a collage from various pictures.
I'm going to use rice for my collage.
Your mother put your collage in the top drawer.
I glued the last piece of my collage with success.
When autumn comes, the children paste beautiful leaves into collages.
deWenn der Herbst kommt, kleben die Kinder aus schönen Laubblättern Collagen.
Translations
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Origin
Unadapted borrowing from French collage. Doublet of collagen, colloid, and protocol.Unadapted borrowing from French collage. Doublet of collagen, colloid, and protocol.
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Forms
plural: collagesSynonyms
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9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable