montage
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montage
- /mɒnˈtɑːʒ/ UK
- /ˈmɒn.tɑːʒ/ UK
- /mɑnˈtɑʒ/ US
- /ˈmɑn.tɑʒ/ US
Rhymes with -ɑːʒ
Where it comes from
, 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”).
noun 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
- The art or process of doing this. Near-synonyms: collage, bricolage
- 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.
verb montages · montaging · 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 The result viewed to-day may be somewhat out of date—though I'm not sure—but of one thing I am certain—that it is as fine an example as I know of a maximum effect of cinematic movement achieved by patience in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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: collage, editing, edit, editor, set-up, assembly, scene, editorial, configuration, wiring, setup, fitment, structuring, installation, arrangement, origination
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noun composite work created by assembling other elements
| Español | montaje |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 몽타주 mongtaju |
| 日本語 | モンタージュ montāju |
| 中文 | 蒙太奇 méngtàiqí, 剪輯 /剪辑 jiǎnjí, 剪接 jiǎnjiē |
| हिन्दी | मोंताज Montage |
| Português | montagem |
| Français | montage |
| Deutsch | Montage |
| Ελληνικά | μοντάζ montáz |
| Русский | монта́ж montáž, фотомонта́ж fotomontáž |
| العربية | مُونْتَاج mūntāj |
noun art or process of creating such a composite work
| Français | montage |
|---|
verb to combine into, or depict as, a montage
| Français | monter |
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Talk about this word "montage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/montage. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. montage. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/montage "montage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/montage.Cite this
@misc{montage_2026,
title = {montage},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/montage},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
