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/^*

Noun

papier collé m (invariable)

1. papier collé

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• coppellerai