papier-mâché
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papier-mâché
- /ˌpap.ɪ.eɪˈmaʃ.eɪ/ UK
- /ˌpeɪ.pɚ.məˈʃeɪ/ US
Rhymes with (UK) -æʃeɪ, (US) -eɪ
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French papier mâché (literally “chewed-up paper”). See French papier and mâcher, respectively related to the English words paper and masticate.
noun papier-maché · papier-mache · papier mache · paper mâché · paper maché · paper mache
- A composite material created by pulping paper or layering paper strips with an adhesive such as glue, starch or paste, which dries to form a durable, lightweight and moldable substance. She sat completely alone at the very back of the sea-themed restaurant, amid papier-mâché starfish and plastic shrimp.
adjective papier-maché · papier-mache · papier mache · paper mâché · paper maché · paper mache
- Of a material of such type or admixture.
verb papier-mâchés · papier-mâchéing · papier-mâchéd · papier-mâchéed
- To apply papier-mâché to. I have had it rebuilt, papier-mâchéd inside and otherwise repaired through the years.
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noun paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object
| Español | papel maché |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 혼응지 honeungji, 파피에마세 papiemase |
| 日本語 | 張子, 張り子 hariko, パピエ・マシェ papie-mashe |
| 中文 | 紙型 /纸型 zhǐxíng |
| Português | papel-machê, papel machê |
| Français | papier mâché |
| Deutsch | Pappmaschee, Pappmaché, Papiermaché |
| Italiano | cartapesta |
| Ελληνικά | παπιέ μασέ papié masé |
| Română | papier mâché |
| Русский | папье́-маше́ papʹjé-mašé |
| Tiếng Việt | pa-pi-ê-ma-sê |
| العربية | وَرَق مُقَوَّى waraq muqawwā |
| עברית | עיסת נייר, עִסַּת נְיָר isát nyar |
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