Meanings
plural bricolages
- uncountableConstruction using whatever materials were available at the time.
- countableSomething constructed with whatever materials were available at the time.
- uncountableA rhetorical style that brings together excerpts or samples of others' rhetoric in some constructive way (to produce, for example, synthesis, extension, or beauty).
Near-synonyms: collage, montage
- countableAn instance of this rhetorical style's use, or a work produced with its use.
Near-synonyms: collage, montage
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA rhetorical style that brings together excerpts or samples of others' rhetoric in some constructive way (to produce, for example, synthesis, extension, or beauty).
nounAn instance of this rhetorical style's use, or a work produced with its use.
Origin
- Frenchbricoler
- Frenchbricolage
- Englishbricolage
Borrowed from French bricolage.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish askartelu, askarreltu
- askarteluconstruction
- askarreltusomething constructed
- askartelusomething constructed
German Bastelei, Bastelei
- Basteleiconstruction
- Basteleisomething constructed
Portuguese bricolagem
- bricolagemconstruction
Spanish bricolaje
- bricolajeconstruction
Cite this entry
bricolage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bricolage
“bricolage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bricolage. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bricolage,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bricolage.
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