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decoupage

/ˌdeɪkuːˈpɑːʒ/

decoupage noun: an art technique in which paper cutouts (either from magazines etc or specially made) are glued onto the surface of an object and sometimes painted or decorated.

decoupage: an art technique in which paper cutouts (either from magazines etc or specially made) are glued...
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Noun

decoupage (countable and uncountable, plural decoupages)

  1. An art technique in which paper cutouts (either from magazines etc or specially made) are glued onto the surface of an object and sometimes painted or decorated.
  2. An artwork made by this technique.

Verb

decoupage (third-person singular simple present decoupages, present participle decoupaging, simple past and past participle decoupaged)

  1. (transitive) To perform or use the art technique of decoupage.

decoupage meaning in Tamil

decoupage in Tamil

கைவினைக் கலை ஒப்பனை

Forms of decoupage

Noun
pluraldecoupages
Verb
third-person singular presentdecoupages
present participledecoupaging
past participledecoupaged
pastdecoupaged

Origin of decoupage

Borrowed from French découpage, from découper (“to cut up”).

Questions about decoupage

What does decoupage mean?
Decoupage means an art technique in which paper cutouts (either from magazines etc or specially made) are glued onto the surface of an object and sometimes painted or decorated.
What is decoupage in Tamil?
Decoupage in Tamil is கைவினைக் கலை ஒப்பனை. See Decoupage meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is decoupage?
Decoupage can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce decoupage?
Decoupage is pronounced /ˌdeɪkuːˈpɑːʒ/ (UK).
What is the plural of decoupage?
The plural of decoupage is decoupages.

Words near decoupage in the dictionary

  1. Decosta
  2. Decostas
  3. DeCoteau
  4. decotora
  5. decotoras
  6. decoupage
  7. decoupaged
  8. decoupages
  9. decoupaging
  10. decouplable
  11. decouple

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decoupage (page history and authors); decoupage (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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