English word collage comes from Ancient Greek κόλλα, and later French coller ((reflexive) To be sticky; to stick. To stick, to glue.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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κόλλα | Ancient Greek (grc) | |
coller | French (fr) | (reflexive) To be sticky; to stick. To stick, to glue. |
collage | French (fr) | (photography) montage. Collage. |
collage | English (en) | (uncountable) The technique of producing a work of art of this kind.. 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... A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface. (transitive) To make into a collage. |