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papier collé

papier collé noun: 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.

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.

Origin of papier collé

French, meaning "pasted paper".

Questions about papier collé

What does papier collé mean?
Papier collé means 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.
What part of speech is papier collé?
Papier collé is a noun.

Words near papier collé in the dictionary

  1. Papiamento
  2. Papiaments
  3. Papiamentu
  4. papicide
  5. papicides
  6. papier collé
  7. papier mache
  8. papier maches
  9. papier-mache
  10. papier-maché
  11. papier-mâché

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