n.
Variant: or dé · cou · page
Pronunciation: ˌ d ā -( ˌ )kü- ' päzh
Function: noun
Etymology: French découpage, literally, act of cutting out, from Middle French, from decouper to cut out, from de- + couper to cut ― more at COPE
Date: 1946
1 : the art of decorating surfaces by applying cutouts (as of paper) and then coating with usually several layers of finish (as lacquer or varnish)
2 : work produced by decoupage
– decoupage or découpage transitive verb