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col⋅lage
[kuh-lahzh, koh-] 
noun, verb, -laged, -lag⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | a technique of composing a work of art by pasting on a single surface various materials not normally associated with one another, as newspaper clippings, parts of photographs, theater tickets, and fragments of an envelope. |
| 2. | a work of art produced by this technique. Compare assemblage (def. 3). |
| 3. | an assemblage or occurrence of diverse elements or fragments in unlikely or unexpected juxtaposition: The experimental play is a collage of sudden scene shifts, long monologues, musical interludes, and slapstick. |
| 4. | a film that presents a series of seemingly unrelated scenes or images or shifts from one scene or image to another suddenly and without transition. |
–verb (used with object)
| 5. | to make a collage of: The artist has collaged old photos, cartoon figures, and telephone numbers into a unique work of art. |
Related forms:
col⋅lag⋅ist, noun
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| col·lage (kō-läzh', kə-) n.
v. tr. To paste (diverse materials) over a surface, thereby creating an artistic product. v. intr. To create such an artistic product. [French, from coller, to glue, from colle, glue, from Vulgar Latin *colla, from Greek kolla.] col·lag'ist n. |
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collage
1919, from Fr. collage "a pasting," from O.Fr. coller "to glue," from Gk. kolla "glue." Earliest reference is in Wyndham Lewis.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Language Translation for : collage
Spanish:
collage,
German:
die Collage,
Japanese:
コラージュ
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