collage (redirected from collaging)

col·lage  (k-läzh, k-)

n.

1.

a. An artistic composition of materials and objects pasted over a surface, often with unifying lines and color.

b. A work, such as a literary piece, composed of both borrowed and original material.

2. The art of creating such compositions.

3. An assemblage of diverse elements: a collage of conflicting memories.

v. col·laged, col·lag·ing, col·lages

v.tr.

To paste (diverse materials) over a surface, thereby creating an artistic product.

v.intr.

To create such an artistic product.

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[French, from coller, to glue, from colle, glue, from Vulgar Latin *colla, from Greek kolla.]

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col·lagist n.

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collage [kol-lahzh]

Noun

1. an art form in which various materials or objects are glued onto a surface to make a picture

2. a picture made in this way

3. a work, such as a piece of music, created by combining unrelated styles [French]

collagist n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	collage - a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image; "he used his computer to make a collage of pictures superimposed on a map" montage paste-up - a composition of flat objects pasted on a board or other backing; "they showed him a paste-up of the book jacket" photomontage - a montage that uses photographic images ikon, picture, icon, image - a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"
	2.	collage - any collection of diverse things; "a collage of memories" aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole

Translations

collage [kɔˈlɑːʒ] n → collage m

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collage [kɔˈlɑːʒ] n (Art) → collage m

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collage [kɔˈlɑːʒ] n → Collage f

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collage [kɔˈlɑːʒ] n (ART) → collage m inv