Mosaic vs Collage what difference
what is difference between Mosaic and Collage
English
Alternative forms
- mosaick (obsolete)
- musaic (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle French mosaïque, from Italian mosaico, from Medieval Latin musaicum, from Late Latin musivum (opus), from Latin museum, musaeum, probably from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /məʊˈzeɪk/, /məʊˈzeɪ.ɪk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /moʊˈzeɪ.ɪk/, /moʊˈzeɪk/
- Rhymes: -eɪk, -eɪɪk
Noun
mosaic (countable and uncountable, plural mosaics)
- A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture.
- (genetics) An individual composed of two or more cell lines of different genetic or chromosomal constitution, but from the same zygote.
- (phytopathology) Any of several viral diseases that cause mosaic-like patterns to appear on leaves.
- A composite picture made from overlapping photographs.
Derived terms
- mosaicist
Translations
Adjective
mosaic (not comparable)
- (of an individual) Containing cells of varying genetic constitution.
Related terms
- alphamosaic
- mosaicism
- mosaicist
- photomosaic
See also
- intarsia
- mosaic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mosaic (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- Redslob, Gustav Moritz (1860) , “Über den Ausdruck „Mosaïk“”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, volume 14, pages 663–678
Anagrams
- Amicos, Samoic
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /moˈzajk/
- (Central) IPA(key): /muˈzajk/
Noun
mosaic m (plural mosaics)
- mosaic
Friulian
Noun
mosaic m (plural mosaics)
- mosaic
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French collage.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kɒˈlɑːʒ/, /kəˈlɑːʒ/, /ˈkɒl.ɑːʒ/
- (US) enPR: kə-läzh’, kō-läzh’, IPA(key): /kəˈlɑʒ/, /koʊˈlɑʒ/
- ,
Noun
collage (countable and uncountable, plural collages)
- A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface.
- A composite object or collection (abstract or concrete) created by the assemblage of various media; especially for a work of art such as text, film, etc.
- “Richard Brautigan’s novel So the Wind Won’t Blow It All Away is a collage of memories.”
- (uncountable) The technique of producing a work of art of this kind.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- montage
- papier-mâché
- pastiche
- decoupage
Verb
collage (third-person singular simple present collages, present participle collaging, simple past and past participle collaged)
- (transitive) To make into a collage.
See also
- collage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- collage on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- alcogel
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French collage.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkɔˈlaː.ʒə/
- Hyphenation: col‧la‧ge
- Rhymes: -aːʒə
Noun
collage m (plural collages)
- collage (image created by placing pictures on a surface)
- collage (composite created by the assemblage of various works)
Derived terms
- herfstcollage
Related terms
- col
French
Etymology
From coller + -age.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.laʒ/
Noun
collage m (plural collages)
- collage
- (photography) montage
Descendants
- → Dutch: collage
- → English: collage
- → Russian: колла́ж (kolláž) (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- “collage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Noun
collage
- Alternative form of college
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French collage.
Noun
collage m (plural collages)
- collage
Further reading
- “collage” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.