collage
French, noun/kɔ.laʒ/
collage is spelled C-O-L-L-A-G-E (7 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,887th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Collage is a French masculine noun meaning “collage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de coller. Action de coller du papier peint”.
What does collage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecollage
- 2
masculinemontage
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de coller. Action de coller du papier peint. 2. Composition faite d’éléments hétérogènes, qui constitue une œuvre originale. 3. Imprégnation du papier de colle, pour qu’il ne boive pas, pour qu’il puisse recevoir l’écriture. Opération consistant à ajouter certaines substances à la pâte lors de la fabrication du papier pour lui conférer une certaine imperméabilité. 4. Clarification du vin à l’aide d’une colle protéique (ichtyocolle, gélatine, blanc d’œuf), ou minérale comme la bentonite.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of collage
- collages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce collage?
- /kɔ.laʒ/
- \kɔ.laʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to collage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is collage in French?
collage appears 1.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).