decoupage

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UK/ˌdeɪkuːˈpɑːʒ/

noun

An art technique in which paper cutouts (either from magazines etc or specially made) are glued onto the surface of an object and sometimes painted or decorated.

OriginFrench découpage →
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Meanings

noundecoupage (countable and uncountable, plural decoupages)

plural decoupages

  1. countableuncountableAn art technique in which paper cutouts (either from magazines etc or specially made) are glued onto the surface of an object and sometimes painted or decorated.
  2. countableuncountableAn artwork made by this technique.
verbdecoupage (third-person singular simple present decoupages, present participle decoupaging, simple past and past participle decoupaged)

present singular third person decoupages · participle present decoupaging · participle past decoupaged · past decoupaged

  1. transitiveTo perform or use the art technique of decoupage.

Origin

  1. Frenchdécoupage
  2. Englishdecoupage

Borrowed from French découpage, from découper (“to cut up”).

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APA

decoupage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decoupage

MLA

“decoupage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decoupage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decoupage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decoupage.

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