montage
pronunciation
How to pronounce montage in British English:
UK [ˌmɒnˈtɑ:ʒ]
How to pronounce montage in American English:
US [ˌmɑnˈtɑʒ]
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- Noun:
- a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image
Word Origin
- montage (n.)
- 1929, from French montage "a mounting," from Old French monter "to go up, mount" (see mount (v.)). Originally a term in cinematography.
Example
- 1. Back on earth , in a wordless montage , batman goes to see vixen .
- 2. And in a video montage of the convention released today eastwood is noticeably left out of the clipreel .
- 3. A photo montage captured during a solar eclipse over the marshall islands in july 2009 .
- 4. A montage of memories flooded my head until I felt so queasy I had to lie down .
- 5. For instance , in coca cola three , visual symbolisms and montage are used instead of the usual features like border or movement .