"papier-mâché" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌpapɪ.eɪ ˈmaʃeɪ/ [UK], /ˌpeɪpɚ məˈʃeɪ/ [US] Audio: En-us-papier-mâché.ogg
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 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 /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)
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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

IPA: /ˌpapɪ.eɪ ˈmaʃeɪ/ [UK], /ˌpeɪpɚ məˈʃeɪ/ [US] Audio: En-us-papier-mâché.ogg 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 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.
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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

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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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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          "sense": "paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object",
          "word": "paperimassa"
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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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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ṗaṗiemaše",
          "sense": "paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object",
          "word": "პაპიემაშე"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌpeɪpɚ məˈʃeɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-papier-mâché.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/En-us-papier-m%C3%A2ch%C3%A9.ogg/En-us-papier-m%C3%A2ch%C3%A9.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/En-us-papier-m%C3%A2ch%C3%A9.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æʃeɪ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "paper mache"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "paper mâché"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "paper maché"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "paper machee"
    },
    {
      "word": "papier mache"
    },
    {
      "word": "papier-mache"
    },
    {
      "word": "papier-maché"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "papier-mâché"
  ],
  "word": "papier-mâché"
}

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