collage

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French collage. Doublet of collagen, colloid, and protocol. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɒˈlɑːʒ/, /kəˈlɑːʒ/, /ˈkɒl.ɑːʒ/ (General American) enPR: kə-läzh', kō-läzh'; (General American) IPA(key): /kəˈlɑʒ/, /koʊˈlɑʒ/ Rhymes: (UK) -ɑːʒ, (US) -ɑʒ === Noun === collage (countable and uncountable, plural collages) A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface or juxtaposing them digitally in analogous manner. 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 (uncountable) The technique or method of producing a work of art of this kind. Near-synonyms: bricolage, montage This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== montage papier-mâché pastiche decoupage bricolage === Verb === collage (third-person singular simple present collages, present participle collaging, simple past and past participle collaged) (transitive) To make into a collage. ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === collage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:collage on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Anagrams === alcogel == Basque == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French collage. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /kolaʒ/ [ko.laʒ] IPA(key): (Southern) /kolaʃ/ [ko.laʃ] Rhymes: -olaʒ, -aʒ Rhymes: -olaʃ, -aʃ === Noun === collage inan collage ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “collage”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] == Dutch == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French collage. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌkɔˈlaː.ʒə/ Hyphenation: col‧la‧ge Rhymes: -aːʒə === Noun === collage m (plural collages, no diminutive) collage (image created by placing pictures on a surface) collage (composite created by the assemblage of various works) ==== Derived terms ==== herfstcollage ==== Related terms ==== col ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: kolase == French == === Etymology === From coller +‎ -age. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ.laʒ/ Rhymes: -aʒ === Noun === collage m (plural collages) collage (photography) montage ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “collage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Noun === collage alternative form of college == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French collage. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /koˈlaʃ/ [koˈlaʃ] Rhymes: -aʃ IPA(key): /koˈlaʒ/ [koˈlaʒ] Rhymes: -aʒ === Noun === collage m (plural collages) collage ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. ==== Further reading ==== “collage”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025