Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface or juxtaposing them digitally in analogous manner.

    Collage

    колла́жkolláž

  2. (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

  3. (uncountable)The technique or method of producing a work of art of this kind.

    Near-synonyms: bricolage, montage

    колла́жkolláž

More definitions
  • a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image
  • any collection of diverse things

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Ziri made a collage from various pictures.

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  2. I'm going to use rice for my collage.

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  3. Your mother put your collage in the top drawer.

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  4. I glued the last piece of my collage with success.

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  5. When autumn comes, the children paste beautiful leaves into collages.

    deWenn der Herbst kommt, kleben die Kinder aus schönen Laubblättern Collagen.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface:
Deutsch
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picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface:

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: collages
Singularcollage
Pluralcollages

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image:montage

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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