montage
Syllables: mont·ageUK/mɒnˈtɑːʒ//mɑnˈtɑʒ/
montage noun: a composite work, particularly an artwork, created by assembling or putting together other elements such as pieces of music, pictures, texts, videos, etc.
Noun
montage (countable and uncountable, plural montages)
- A composite work, particularly an artwork, created by assembling or putting together other elements such as pieces of music, pictures, texts, videos, etc.
- Near-synonyms: collage, bricolage
- Examples of montage are seen in many modern films, and it is not a device which is physically difficult to use. The difficulty lies in the proper conception of the complete montage, for the cameraman must so completely visualize the finished result that he can proceed to assemble the various units...1936, American Photography, volume 30, New York, N.Y.: American Photographic Pub. Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 184, column 1
- The art or process of doing this.
- Near-synonyms: collage, bricolage
- There was a period in our cinema when montage was proclaimed as being 'everything'. We are now coming to the end of a period where montage has been regarded as 'nothing'. Since we consider montage to be neither 'nothing' nor 'everything', we now think it necessary to recall that montage is as...1991, Sergei Eisenstein, “Montage 1938”, in Michael Glenny, transl., edited by Michael Glenny and Richard Taylor, S. M. Eisenstein: Selected Works, volume II (Towards a Theory of Montage), London...
- A sequence of brief clips, often set to music, used to compress a long event or series of events into a short scene.
- THE MYTH: Training montages are inspiring, harmless fun. At some point in any sports movie, the grossly unqualified underdog will start training to the sound of some inspirational rock song.2013 October 29, Cracked.com, The De-Textbook: The Stuff You Didn't Know About the Stuff You Thought You Knew, Penguin, →ISBN, page 177
- Unfortunately, nothing much happens in the rest of the episode either. It gets to the point where a montage is devoted to establishing Sam's monotony at Oldtown.2017 July 16, Brandon Nowalk, “Chickens and Dragons Come Home to Roost on Game of Thrones (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2017
Verb
montage (third-person singular simple present montages, present participle montaging, simple past and past participle montaged)
- To combine into, or depict as, a montage.
- The Keartons and our staff had out-montaged [Vsevolod] Pudovkin. The result viewed to-day may be somewhat out of date—though I'm not sure—but of one thing I am certain—that it is as fine an example as I know of a maximum effect of cinematic movement achieved by patience in editing.1936, Adrian Brunel, Film Production, London: George Newnes, →OCLC, page 17
- The two background photographs shown in Fig. 2 were selected from the office files of Blakeslee-Lane Studios and then montaged together by copying onto a negative.1941, Keith Henney, editor, Photo Technique, volume III, New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill Education, →OCLC, page 14
montage meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
montage in Hindi
- composite work created by assembling other elements
- मोंताज Montage
montage in Tamil
- அடுக்குத் தொகுப்பு
montage in Marathi
- मॉन्टेज, मोंटेज, मांटेज
montage in Urdu
- مونٹیج, مونٹج, مونٹاج
More languagesFewer languages
- montage in Bengali
- বিভিন্ন ছবি, দৃশ্যের সংকলন
- montage in Telugu
- మాంటేజ్, మాంటెజ్
- montage in Malayalam
- മോണ്ടേജ്, മോണ്ടേജിലേക്ക്
- montage in Kannada
- ಸಂಕಲನ, ಜೋಡಣೆ, ಸಂಯೋಜನೆ
- montage in Punjabi
- ਮੋਂਟੇਜ, ਮੌਂਟੇਜ, ਮਾਂਟੇਜ
- montage in Gujarati
- મોંટેજ, મોન્ટેજ, મૉન્ટેજ
- montage in Odia
- ମଣ୍ଟେଜ୍, ମନ୍ଟେଜ୍
- montage in Nepali
- मोन्टाज
- montage in Arabic
- مُونْتَاج mūntāj
Examples of montage in a sentence
- Examples of montage are seen in many modern films, and it is not a device which is physically difficult to use.1936, American Photography, volume 30, New York, N.Y.: American Photographic Pub. Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 184, column 1:
- If you have mastered the art of spot printing and dodging, you are ready for something really advanced, a post-graduate course in montage.1938, Mario Scacheri, Mabel Scacheri, “Montage, Simple and Multiple”, in The Fun of Photography, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace & Company...
- In the dissonant dynamics of [Hannah] Höch's simultaneous Dada montages the "nothing" and the "everything" of Dada were related to each other, both pessimistically and in a utopian manner.2003, Hanne Bergius, edited by Stephen C. Foster, “Dada Triumphs!”: Dada Berlin, 1917–1923: Artistry of Polarities; Montages –...
- There was a period in our cinema when montage was proclaimed as being 'everything'.1991, Sergei Eisenstein, “Montage 1938”, in Michael Glenny, transl., edited by Michael Glenny and Richard Taylor, S. M. Eisenstein...
Synonyms of montage
Forms of montage
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | montages |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | montages |
| present participle | montaging |
| past participle | montaged |
| past | montaged |
Origin of montage
, La matière denaturalisée. Destruction 2. (Denatured Matter. Destruction 2.; c. 1923), from the collection of the Fries Museum in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands. The work is a collage, a type of montage.]] Unadapted borrowing from French montage (“assembly, set-up”).
Words formed from montage
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Questions about montage
- What does montage mean?
- Montage means a composite work, particularly an artwork, created by assembling or putting together other elements such as pieces of music, pictures, texts, videos, etc.
- What is montage in Hindi?
- Montage in Hindi is मोंताज (Montage). See Montage meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use montage in a sentence?
- Examples of montage are seen in many modern films, and it is not a device which is physically difficult to use.
- What part of speech is montage?
- Montage can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce montage?
- Montage is pronounced /mɒnˈtɑːʒ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of montage?
- The plural of montage is montages.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: montage (page history and authors); montage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); montage (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); montage (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); montage (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); montage (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); montage (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); montage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); montage (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); montage (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); montage (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); montage (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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