montage

English

/mɒnˈtɑːʒ/, /mɑnˈtɑʒ/

noun
Definitions
  • (countable) A composite work, particularly an artwork, created by assembling or put putting together other elements such as pieces of music, pictures, texts, videos, etc.
  • (uncountable) The art or process of doing this.

Etymology

Borrowed from French montage (a mounting, assembly, set-up) derived from Latin -āticum (suffix forming a noun indicating a state of being resulting from an action), *montāre derived from Proto-Indo-European *men- (think, stand out, stay, tower, mountain, stand still, mind, have in mind, project, remember, change, remain, rmemeber, small).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*men-

Gloss

think, stand out, stay, tower, mountain, stand still, mind, have in mind, project, remember, change, remain, rmemeber, small

Concept
Semantic Field

Cognition

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

楼, 塔

Emoji
💭 🤔

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