bricolage

English

Etymology

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French bricoler

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icus

Latin -āticus

Latin -āticum

Old French -age

Middle French -age

French -age

French bricolagebor.

English bricolage

Borrowed from French bricolage.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌbɹi.kəʊˈlɑːʒ/
• (US) IPA^(key): [ˌbɹi.koʊˈlɑʒ]

Noun

bricolage (countable and uncountable, plural bricolages)

2. (uncountable) Construction using whatever materials were available at the time.
4. (countable) Something constructed with whatever materials were available at the time.
6. (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

8. (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

• bricolagist

Translations

construction — see also do it yourself

• Finnish: askartelu (fi)
• German: Bastelei (de) f
• Portuguese: bricolagem (pt) f
• Spanish: bricolaje m

something constructed

• Finnish: askarreltu (fi) (adjective), askartelu (fi)
• German: Bastelei (de) f

French

Etymology

From bricoler +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁi.kɔ.laʒ/

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Noun

bricolage m (uncountable)

1. DIY, do-it-yourself

Related terms

• bricoleur

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “bricolage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French bricolage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bri.koˈla(d)ʒ/

Noun

bricolage m

1. DIY, do-it-yourself

   Synonyms: bricolaggio, fai-da-te