COLLAGE


Meaning of COLLAGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kə-ˈläzh, kȯ-, kō- ]

noun

Etymology: French, literally, gluing, from coller to glue, from colle glue, from Vulgar Latin * colla, from Greek kolla

Date: 1919

1.

a. : an artistic composition made of various materials (as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface

b. : a creative work that resembles such a composition in incorporating various materials or elements

the album is a collage of several musical styles

2. : the art of making collages

3. : hodgepodge

a collage of ideas

4. : a work (as a film) having disparate scenes in rapid succession without transitions

• collage transitive verb

• col·lag·ist -ˈlä-zhist noun

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