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English

WOTD – 10 August 2010

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French collage. Doublet of collagen, colloid, and protocol.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kɒˈlɑːʒ/, /kəˈlɑːʒ/, /ˈkɒl.ɑːʒ/
  • (US) enPR: kə-läzh', kō-läzh'; IPA(key): /kəˈlɑʒ/, /koʊˈlɑʒ/
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  • Rhymes: (UK) -ɑːʒ, (US) -ɑʒ

Noun

collage (countable and uncountable, plural collages)

  2. A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface or juxtaposing them digitally in analogous manner.
  4. 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.
  6. (uncountable) The technique or method of producing a work of art of this kind.
    Near-synonyms: bricolage, montage
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    • 2000, Bill Clinton, Proclamation 7338:
      The Hispanic American community is a collage of distinct groups, including people with roots in Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Spain.

Derived terms

terms derived from collage (noun)

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Verb

collage (third-person singular simple present collages, present participle collaging, simple past and past participle collaged)

  1. (transitive) To make into a collage.
    collage the picture together.

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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

  1. collage

Declension

More information indefinite, singular ...

1. Optionally, case suffixes can be separated from the root with a hyphen.
2. Words ending in a written vowel but pronounced with a final consonant follow consonant declension in speech but vowel declension in writing.

Further reading

  • “collage”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
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Dutch

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French collage.

Pronunciation

Noun

collage m (plural collages, no diminutive)

  1. collage (image created by placing pictures on a surface)
  2. collage (composite created by the assemblage of various works)

Derived terms

  • herfstcollage

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: kolase

French

Etymology

From coller +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

Noun

collage m (plural collages)

  1. collage
  2. (photography) montage

Descendants

Descendants

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Middle English

Noun

collage

  1. 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)

  1. 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.

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