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collage

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /kɒˈlɑːʒ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /kəˈlɑːʒ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒl.ɑːʒ/
  • General-American: kə-läzh'
  • General-American: kō-läzh'
  • General-American: /kəˈlɑʒ/
  • General-American: /koʊˈlɑʒ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with (UK) -ɑːʒ
  • rhymes with (US) -ɑʒ
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 L AA1 ZH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: bricolage, montage
  • Richard Brautigan's novel So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away is a collage of memories.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bricolage, montage

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: bricolage, montage

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bricolage, montage

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To make into a collage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • collage the picture together.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he used his computer to make a collage of pictures superimposed on a map

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: montage

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: paste-up, picture, image, icon, ikon

Narrower terms: photomontage

6

noun

Meaning 6

any collection of diverse things

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a collage of memories

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կոլաժ (kolaž) — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Bulgarian: кола́ж (koláž) — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Catalan: collage — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拼貼 /拼贴 (pīntiē) — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Czech: koláž — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Dutch: collage — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Esperanto: kolaĝo — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Finnish: kollaasi — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • French: collage — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • German: Collage — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Greek: κολάζ (koláz) — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Hungarian: kollázs — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Indonesian: kolase — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Irish: colláis — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Italian: collage — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Japanese: コラージュ (korāju) — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Korean: 콜라주 (kollaju) — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Lithuanian: koliažas — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Malay: kolaj — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Māori: toipiripiri — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Marathi: चिकटचित्र (cikaṭcitra) — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Norwegian: kollasj — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Norwegian: collage — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Persian: کلاژ (kolâž) — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Polish: kolaż — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Portuguese: colagem — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Punjabi: ਕੋਲਾਜ (kolāj) — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Romanian: colaj — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Russian: колла́ж (kolláž) — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Slovak: koláž — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Slovene: kolaž — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Spanish: collage — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Swedish: kollage — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Turkish: kolaj — picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface
  • Finnish: kollaasi — composite object or collection
  • Hungarian: kollázs — composite object or collection
  • Māori: toipiripiri — composite object or collection
  • Portuguese: composição — composite object or collection
  • Russian: колла́ж (kolláž) — composite object or collection
  • Spanish: collage — composite object or collection
  • Catalan: collage — art: technique of producing such a work of art
  • Finnish: kollaasi — art: technique of producing such a work of art
  • Hungarian: kollázs — art: technique of producing such a work of art
  • Romanian: colaj — art: technique of producing such a work of art
  • Russian: колла́ж (kolláž) — art: technique of producing such a work of art
  • Spanish: collage — art: technique of producing such a work of art
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