bricolage

Borrowed from French bricolage.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌbɹi.kəʊˈlɑːʒ/
• (US) IPA^(key): [ˌbɹi.koʊˈlɑʒ]

bricolage (countable and uncountable, plural bricolages)

2. (uncountable) Construction using whatever materials were available at the time.
4. (countable) Something constructed with whatever materials were available at the time.
6. (uncountable) A rhetorical style that brings together excerpts or samples of others' rhetoric in some constructive way (to produce, for example, synthesis, extension, or beauty).

   Hypernyms: style, method, approach

   Near-synonyms: collage, montage

8. (countable) An instance of this rhetorical style's use, or a work produced with its use.

   Hypernym: (result) work

   Near-synonyms: collage, montage

From bricoler +‎ -age.

• IPA^(key): /bʁi.kɔ.laʒ/

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bricolage m (uncountable)

1. DIY, do-it-yourself

• bricoleur

• → Catalan: bricolatge
• → English: bricolage
• → Portuguese: bricolagem
• → Spanish: bricolaje

• “bricolage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.