bricolage
UK/ˌbɹi.kəʊˈlɑːʒ/US[ˌbɹi.koʊˈlɑʒ]
bricolage noun: construction using whatever materials were available at the time.
Noun
bricolage (countable and uncountable, plural bricolages)
- Construction using whatever materials were available at the time.
- Something constructed with whatever materials were available at the time.
- A rhetorical style that brings together excerpts or samples of others' rhetoric in some constructive way (to produce, for example, synthesis, extension, or beauty).
- Near-synonyms: collage, montage
- An instance of this rhetorical style's use, or a work produced with its use.
- Near-synonyms: collage, montage
bricolage meaning in Tamil
bricolage in Tamil
- புத்தாக்கக் கலைக் கட்டமைப்பு
Synonyms of bricolage
Forms of bricolage
| plural | bricolages |
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Origin of bricolage
Borrowed from French bricolage.
Words formed from bricolage
Questions about bricolage
- What does bricolage mean?
- Bricolage means construction using whatever materials were available at the time.
- What is bricolage in Tamil?
- Bricolage in Tamil is புத்தாக்கக் கலைக் கட்டமைப்பு. See Bricolage meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is bricolage?
- Bricolage is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bricolage?
- Bricolage is pronounced /ˌbɹi.kəʊˈlɑːʒ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bricolage?
- The plural of bricolage is bricolages.
Words near bricolage in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bricolage (page history and authors); bricolage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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