papier collé

English

Etymology

French, meaning "pasted paper".

Noun

papier collé (uncountable)

  1. An art technique in which pieces of flat material (paper, oilcloth, etc.) are pasted into a painting in much in the same way as a collage, except that the pasted pieces represent objects in the painting.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French papier collé (literally “pasted paper”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈpje koˈle/*[1]

Noun

papier collé m (invariable)

  1. papier collé

References

  1. ^ Optionally triggers syntactic gemination in the following word.

Further reading

  • papier collé in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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