décollage
See also: decollage
English
Alternative forms
- decollage
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French décollage, influenced by de- + collage. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun
décollage (countable and uncountable, plural décollages)
- (art, uncountable) The opposite of collage: the process of cutting, tearing, etc. an original image to produce a new work.
- (art, countable) A work in this style.
Anagrams
- legal code
French
Etymology
décoller + -age
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.kɔ.laʒ/
Noun
décollage m (plural décollages)
- takeoff, lift-off (e.g. of an aircraft from a surface into the air)
Antonyms
- amerrissage
- atterrissage
Related terms
- collage
Descendants
- → Brazilian Portuguese: decolagem
- → English: décollage
Further reading
- “décollage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.