collage

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UK/kɒˈlɑːʒ/UK/kəˈlɑːʒ/UK/ˈkɒl.ɑːʒ/US/kəˈlɑʒ/

noun

A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface or juxtaposing them digitally in analogous manner.

“collage the picture together.”

Similar
bricolagemontage
OriginFrench collage →
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Meanings

nouncollage (countable and uncountable, plural collages)

plural collages

  1. countableuncountableA picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface or juxtaposing them digitally in analogous manner.
  2. countableuncountableA composite object or collection (abstract or concrete) created by the assemblage of various media; especially for a work of art such as text, film, etc.

    Near-synonyms: bricolage, montage

    1 more example

    Richard Brautigan's novel So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away is a collage of memories.

    Synonyms: bricolage, montage

  3. uncountableThe technique or method of producing a work of art of this kind.

    Near-synonyms: bricolage, montage

    Synonyms: bricolage, montage

verbcollage (third-person singular simple present collages, present participle collaging, simple past and past participle collaged)

present singular third person collages · participle present collaging · participle past collaged · past collaged

  1. transitiveTo make into a collage.

    collage the picture together.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA composite object or collection (abstract or concrete) created by the assemblage of various media; especially for a work of art such as text, film, etc.

Similar
bricolagemontage

nounThe technique or method of producing a work of art of this kind.

Similar
bricolagemontage

More synonyms by meaning

nouna paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image

Similar
montage
Broader
paste-uppictureimageicon
Also see
bricolagemontage

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchcollage
  2. Englishcollage

Unadapted borrowing from French collage. Doublet of collagen, colloid, and protocol.

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Translations

Bulgarian кола́ж
  • кола́ж (koláž)picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
Catalan collage, collage
  • collagepicture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • collagetechnique of producing such a work of art
Chinese Mandarin 拼貼 /拼贴
  • 拼貼 /拼贴 (pīntiē)picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
Czech koláž
  • kolážpicture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
Dutch collage
  • collagepicture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
Esperanto kolaĝo
  • kolaĝopicture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
Finnish kollaasi, kollaasi
  • kollaasipicture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • kollaasicomposite object or collection
  • kollaasitechnique of producing such a work of art
French collage
  • collagepicture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
German Collage
  • Collagepicture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
Greek κολάζ
  • κολάζ (koláz)picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
Hungarian kollázs, kollázs
  • kollázspicture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • kollázscomposite object or collection
  • kollázstechnique of producing such a work of art
Indonesian kolase
  • kolasepicture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
Irish colláis
  • colláispicture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
Italian collage
  • collagepicture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
Japanese コラージュ
  • コラージュ (korāju)picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
Korean 콜라주
  • 콜라주 (kollaju)picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
Lithuanian koliažas
  • koliažaspicture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
Malay kolaj
  • kolajpicture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
Māori toipiripiri, toipiripiri
  • toipiripiripicture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • toipiripiricomposite object or collection
Norwegian kollasj, collage
  • kollasjpicture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • collagepicture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
Persian کلاژ
  • کلاژ (kolâž)picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
Polish kolaż
  • kolażpicture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
Portuguese colagem, composição
  • colagempicture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • composiçãocomposite object or collection
Punjabi ਕੋਲਾਜ
  • ਕੋਲਾਜ (kolāj)picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
Romanian colaj, colaj
  • colajpicture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • colajtechnique of producing such a work of art
Russian колла́ж, колла́ж
  • колла́ж (kolláž)picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • колла́ж (kolláž)composite object or collection
  • колла́ж (kolláž)technique of producing such a work of art
Slovak koláž
  • kolážpicture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
Spanish collage, collage
  • collagepicture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • collagecomposite object or collection
  • collagetechnique of producing such a work of art
Swedish kollage
  • kollagepicture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
Turkish kolaj
  • kolajpicture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with collage

sound collage
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Anagrams

alcogel
Cite this entry
APA

collage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collage

MLA

“collage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collage. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “collage,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collage.

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