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)

1. (art, uncountable) The opposite of collage: the process of cutting, tearing, etc. an original image to produce a new work.
2. (art, countable) A work in this style.

Anagrams

• legal code

French

Etymology

From décoller +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.kɔ.laʒ/

Noun

décollage m (plural décollages)

1. 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.