montage

mon·tage  (mn-täzh, mô-)

n.

1.

a. A single pictorial composition made by juxtaposing or superimposing many pictures or designs.

b. The art or process of making such a composition.

2.

a. A relatively rapid succession of different shots in a movie.

b. The juxtaposition of such successive shots as a cinematic technique.

3. A composite of closely juxtaposed elements: a montage of voices on an audiotape.

tr.v. mon·taged, mon·tag·ing, mon·tag·es

To use or incorporate in a montage.

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[French, from monter, to mount, from Old French; see mount¹.]

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montage [mon-tahzh]

Noun

1. a picture made by combining material from various sources, such as other pictures or photographs

2. the technique of producing pictures in this way

3. a method of film editing by juxtaposition or partial superimposition of several shots to form a single image

4. a film sequence of this kind [French]

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Montage a musical composed of fragments of music; a quick succession or burst of dialogue or of music and sound effects used to fill the gap in time of a play, opera, etc.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

montage - 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" collage 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"

Translations

montage [mɔnˈtɑːʒ] n → montaje m

montage [mɔnˈtɑːʒ] n → montage m

montage [mɔnˈtɑːʒ] n → Montage f

montage [mɔnˈtɑːʒ] n → montaggio