bricolage

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French bricolage. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌbɹi.kəʊˈlɑːʒ/ (US) IPA(key): [ˌbɹi.koʊˈlɑʒ] === Noun === bricolage (countable and uncountable, plural bricolages) (uncountable) Construction using whatever materials were available at the time. (countable) Something constructed with whatever materials were available at the time. (uncountable) A rhetorical style that brings together excerpts or samples of others' rhetoric in some constructive way (to produce, for example, synthesis, extension, or beauty). Hypernyms: style, method, approach Near-synonyms: collage, montage (countable) An instance of this rhetorical style's use, or a work produced with its use. Hypernym: (result) work Near-synonyms: collage, montage ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === From bricoler +‎ -age. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʁi.kɔ.laʒ/ === Noun === bricolage m (uncountable) DIY, do-it-yourself ==== Related terms ==== bricoleur ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: bricolatge → English: bricolage → Portuguese: bricolagem → Spanish: bricolaje === Further reading === “bricolage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French bricolage. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bri.koˈla(d)ʒ/ === Noun === bricolage m DIY, do-it-yourself Synonyms: bricolaggio, fai-da-te