photomontage

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noun

A composite image combining two or more photographs.

UncommonScrabble 20

Meanings

nounphotomontage (countable and uncountable, plural photomontages)

plural photomontages

  1. countableuncountableartsA composite image combining two or more photographs.
  2. countableuncountableartsThe art of constructing such images.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  4. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  5. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  6. Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
  7. Englishphoto-
  8. Englishmontage
  9. Englishphotomontage

From photo- + montage.

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Translations

Catalan fotomuntatge
  • fotomuntatgecomposite image
Esperanto fotomuntaĵo
  • fotomuntaĵocomposite image
Finnish fotomontaasi
  • fotomontaasicomposite image
French photomontage
  • photomontagecomposite image
German Fotomontage
  • Fotomontagecomposite image
Greek φωτομοντάζ
  • φωτομοντάζ (fotomontáz)composite image
Hungarian fotómontázs
  • fotómontázscomposite image
Irish fótamontáis
  • fótamontáiscomposite image
Italian fotomontaggio
  • fotomontaggiocomposite image
Korean 포토몽타주
  • 포토몽타주 (potomongtaju)composite image
Norwegian Bokmål fotomontasje
  • fotomontasjecomposite image
Polish fotomontaż
  • fotomontażcomposite image
Portuguese fotomontagem
  • fotomontagemcomposite image
Romanian fotomontaj
  • fotomontajcomposite image
Russian фотомонтаж, фотоколлаж
  • фотомонтаж (fotomontaž)composite image
  • фотоколлаж (fotokollaž)composite image
Ukrainian фотомонтаж
  • фотомонтаж (fotomontaž)composite image
Cite this entry
APA

photomontage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photomontage

MLA

“photomontage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photomontage. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photomontage,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photomontage.

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