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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024de•cou•page or dé•cou•page /ˌdeɪkuˈpɑʒ/USA pronunciation n., v., -paged, -pag•ing. n. - Fine Art[uncountable] the art of decorating something with cutouts over which varnish or lacquer is applied.
[countable] the cutout itself:a few decoupages on the classroom walls.
v. [ ~ + obj] - Fine Artto decorate by decoupage.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•cou•page (dā′ko̅o̅ päzh′),USA pronunciation n., v., -paged, -pag•ing. n. Also, dé•cou•page (dā′ko̅o̅ päzh′; Fr. dā ko̅o̅ pazh′).USA pronunciation - the art or technique of decorating something with cut-outs of paper, linoleum, plastic, or other flat material over which varnish or lacquer is applied.
- work produced by the art or technique of decoupage.
v.t. - to decorate by decoupage:walls decoupaged with photographs of movie stars.
- to apply or use as decoupage or by decoupage technique:Let's decoupage these maps onto the tabletops.
- French découpage a cutting out, equivalent. to Middle French decoup(er) to cut out (de- de- + couper to cut; see coupé, coup) + -age -age
- 1955–60
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: decoupage /ˌdeɪkuːˈpɑːʒ/ n - the art or process of decorating a surface with shapes or illustrations cut from paper, card, etc
Etymology: 20th Century: from French, from découper to cut out, from de- + couper to cut |