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bricolage

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French bricolage.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bricolage (countable and uncountable, plural bricolages)

  1. (uncountable) Construction using whatever materials were available at the time.
  2. (countable) Something constructed with whatever materials were available at the time.
  3. (uncountable) A rhetorical style that brings together excerpts or samples of others' rhetoric in some constructive way (to produce, for example, synthesis, extension, or beauty).
    Hypernyms: style, method, approach
    Near-synonyms: collage, montage
  4. (countable) An instance of this rhetorical style's use, or a work produced with its use.
    Hypernym: (result) work
    Near-synonyms: collage, montage

Derived terms

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Translations

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French

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Etymology

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From bricoler +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bricolage m (uncountable)

  1. DIY, do-it-yourself
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Descendants

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  • Catalan: bricolatge
  • English: bricolage
  • Portuguese: bricolagem
  • Spanish: bricolaje

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