noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/mɒnˈtɑːʒ/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈmɒn.tɑːʒ/
General-American:/mɑnˈtɑʒ/
General-American:/ˈmɑn.tɑʒ/
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rhymes with -ɑːʒ
CMU ARPABET:M AA0 N T AA1 ZH
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A composite work, particularly an artwork, created by assembling or putting together other elements such as pieces of music, pictures, texts, videos, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
Near-synonyms: collage, bricolage
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: collage, bricolage
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The art or process of doing this.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
Near-synonyms: collage, bricolage
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: editing, collage, bricolage
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A sequence of brief clips, often set to music, used to compress a long event or series of events into a short scene.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To combine into, or depict as, a montage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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
, La matière denaturalisée. Destruction 2. (Denatured Matter. Destruction 2.; c. 1923), from the collection of the Fries Museum in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands. The work is a collage, a type of montage.]] Unadapted borrowing from French montage (“assembly, set-up”).
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مُونْتَاج
(mūntāj)
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Bulgarian:
монтаж
(montaž)
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Chinese Mandarin:
蒙太奇
(méngtàiqí)
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Chinese Mandarin:
剪輯 /剪辑
(jiǎnjí)
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Chinese Mandarin:
剪接
(jiǎnjiē)
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Dutch:
montage
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Dutch:
beeldmontage
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Esperanto:
muntaĵo
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Finnish:
montaasi
— composite work created by assembling other elements
French:
montage
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Galician:
montaxe
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Georgian:
მონტაჟი
(monṭaži)
— composite work created by assembling other elements
German:
Montage
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Greek:
μοντάζ
(montáz)
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Hindi:
मोंताज
(Montage)
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Hungarian:
montázs
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Irish:
montáiste
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Irish:
montáis
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Japanese:
モンタージュ
(montāju)
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Korean:
몽타주
(mongtaju)
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Korean:
몽따쥬
(mongttaju)
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Norwegian Bokmål:
montasje
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Norwegian Nynorsk:
montasje
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Polish:
montaż
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Portuguese:
montagem
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Russian:
монта́ж
(montáž)
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Russian:
фотомонта́ж
(fotomontáž)
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Spanish:
montaje
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Swedish:
montering
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Swedish:
montage
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Ukrainian:
монта́ж
(montáž)
— composite work created by assembling other elements
Bulgarian:
монтиране
(montirane)
— art or process of creating such a composite work
French:
montage
— art or process of creating such a composite work
Georgian:
დამონტაჟება
(damonṭažeba)
— art or process of creating such a composite work
Polish:
montaż
— art or process of creating such a composite work
Ukrainian:
монта́ж
(montáž)
— art or process of creating such a composite work
Bulgarian:
монтирам
(montiram)
— to combine into, or depict as, a montage
Dutch:
monteren
— to combine into, or depict as, a montage
French:
monter
— to combine into, or depict as, a montage
Kazakh:
монтаждау
(montajdau)
— to combine into, or depict as, a montage
Polish:
składać w montaż
— to combine into, or depict as, a montage
Polish:
złożyć w montaż
— to combine into, or depict as, a montage
