"papier-mâché" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌpapɪ.eɪ ˈmaʃeɪ/ [UK], /ˌpeɪpɚ məˈʃeɪ/ [US] Audio: En-us-papier-mâché.ogg [General-American]
Rhymes: -æʃeɪ, -eɪ Etymology: Borrowed from French papier mâché (literally “chewed-up paper”). See French papier and mâcher, related to the English words paper and masticate, respectively. Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|qsb-grc}}, {{bor|en|fr|papier mâché|lit=chewed-up paper}} French papier mâché (literally “chewed-up paper”), {{m+|fr|papier}} French papier, {{m|fr|mâcher}} mâcher, {{m|en|paper}} paper, {{m|en|masticate}} masticate Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} papier-mâché (uncountable)
  1. Torn-up paper and other possible materials mixed with paste or glue used to create, when the mass is dried, a durable sculptural object. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Paper Hyponyms: carton-pierre Related terms: collage, decoupage Translations (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object): թղթազանգված (tʻġtʻazangvac) (Armenian), պապիե-մաշե (papie-maše) (Armenian), пап'е́-машэ́ (papʺjé-mašé) [neuter] (Belarusian), папие́-маше́ (papié-mašé) [neuter] (Bulgarian), папиемаше́ (papiemašé) [neuter] (Bulgarian), paper maixé [masculine] (Catalan), 紙型 (Chinese Mandarin), 纸型 (zhǐxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), papírmaš [masculine] (Czech), papírová masa [feminine] (Czech), papmaché [common-gender] (Danish), papier-maché [neuter] (Dutch), papjeemašee (Estonian), paperimassa (Finnish), papier mâché [masculine] (French), papel maché [masculine] (Galician), პაპიემაშე (ṗaṗiemaše) (Georgian), Pappmaschee [neuter] (German), Pappmaché [neuter] (German), Papiermaché [neuter] (German), કાગળનો માવો (kāgaḷno māvo) [masculine] (Gujarati), עיסת נייר (Hebrew), עִסַּת נְיָר (isát nyar) [masculine] (Hebrew), papírmasé (Hungarian), paperopasto (Ido), bubur kertas (Indonesian), cartapesta [feminine] (Italian), 張子 (Japanese), 張り子 (hariko) (alt: はりこ) (Japanese), パピエ・マシェ (papie-mashe) (Japanese), 혼응지 (honeungji) (alt: 混凝紙) (Korean), 파피에마세 (papiemase) (Korean), papjēmašē [feminine] (Latvian), papjė mašė [feminine] (Lithuanian), pepa whakapiripiri (Maori), pappmasjé [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), پاپیه ماشه (pâpiye mâše) (Persian), papier mâché [neuter] (Polish), papel-machê [masculine] (Portuguese), papel machê [masculine] (Portuguese), papier mâché [neuter] (Romanian), папье́-маше́ (papʹjé-mašé) [neuter] (Russian), па̀пӣр-маше [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), каширанӣ па̀пӣр [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pàpīr-maše [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kaširanī pàpīr [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), papel maché [masculine] (Spanish), papier-maché [common-gender] (Swedish), தாள் ஊறல் (tāḷ ūṟal) (Tamil), కాగితపు గుజ్జు (kāgitapu gujju) (Telugu), пап'є́-маше́ (papʺjé-mašé) [neuter] (Ukrainian), pa-pi-ê-ma-sê (Vietnamese), mwydion papur [masculine] (Welsh), uwd papur [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-papier-mâché-en-noun-QRGIcYPe Disambiguation of Paper: 82 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: paper mache [informal], paper mâché [informal], paper maché [informal], paper machee [informal], papier mache, papier-mache, papier-maché

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌpapɪ.eɪ ˈmaʃeɪ/ [UK], /ˌpeɪpɚ məˈʃeɪ/ [US] Audio: En-us-papier-mâché.ogg [General-American] Forms: papier-mâchés [present, singular, third-person], papier-mâchéing [participle, present], papier-mâchéd [participle, past], papier-mâchéd [past], papier-mâchéed [participle, past], papier-mâchéed [past]
Rhymes: -æʃeɪ, -eɪ Etymology: Borrowed from French papier mâché (literally “chewed-up paper”). See French papier and mâcher, related to the English words paper and masticate, respectively. Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|qsb-grc}}, {{bor|en|fr|papier mâché|lit=chewed-up paper}} French papier mâché (literally “chewed-up paper”), {{m+|fr|papier}} French papier, {{m|fr|mâcher}} mâcher, {{m|en|paper}} paper, {{m|en|masticate}} masticate Head templates: {{en-verb|||~d|past2=~ed}} papier-mâché (third-person singular simple present papier-mâchés, present participle papier-mâchéing, simple past and past participle papier-mâchéd or papier-mâchéed)
  1. To apply papier-mâché to.
    Sense id: en-papier-mâché-en-verb-AGx8Jc8E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: paper mache [informal], paper mâché [informal], paper maché [informal], paper machee [informal], papier mache, papier-mache, papier-maché

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object",
          "word": "papírmasé"
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        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object",
          "word": "paperopasto"
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        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object",
          "word": "bubur kertas"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object",
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          "sense": "paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object",
          "word": "pepa whakapiripiri"
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "pâpiye mâše",
          "sense": "paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object",
          "word": "پاپیه ماشه"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object",
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object",
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          "word": "papel machê"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "papier mâché"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "papʹjé-mašé",
          "sense": "paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "папье́-маше́"
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object",
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "каширанӣ па̀пӣр"
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          "sense": "paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object",
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          "sense": "paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object",
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        {
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object",
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          ],
          "word": "papel maché"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "lang": "Tamil",
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          "sense": "paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object",
          "word": "தாள் ஊறல்"
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      "sense": "paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object",
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      "word": "пап'є́-маше́"
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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object",
      "word": "pa-pi-ê-ma-sê"
    },
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      "sense": "paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object",
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      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object",
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    "papier-mâché"
  ],
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}

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          "ref": "1954, Emmett Kelly, F[rancis] Beverly Kelley, Clown, page 116",
          "text": "I have had it rebuilt, papier-mâchéd inside and otherwise repaired through the years.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1959, SchoolArts, page 21",
          "text": "When the bodies of the fish were finished, fins were cut from cardboard to the desired shapes, pinned with straight pins to the fish, and papier-mâchéd in place.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1990, Sarah Ellis, Next-Door Neighbors, New York, N.Y.: Margaret K. McElderry Books, page 78",
          "text": "In a giddy moment they had also papier-mâchéd the legs of the card table.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Isy Suttie, The Actual One: How I Tried, and Failed, to Remain Twenty-Something for Ever, Weidenfeld & Nicolson",
          "text": "I instead constructed ‘shelves’ inside Roy’s stomach, made from mesh, which I then also papier mâchéd.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Annabeth Bondor-Stone, Connor White, Jaclyn Hyde, HarperCollins",
          "text": "I papier-mâchéed the entire volcano, constructed the tiny town out of toothpicks, and doublechecked the calculations to make sure it’s all to scale.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Nancy Snyder, Lions for Ajax, Shepherd Press",
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      "word": "paper mache"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "informal"
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      "word": "papier mache"
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      "word": "papier-maché"
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