Dictionary

papier-mâché en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌpap.ɪ.eɪˈmaʃ.eɪ/ (UK)
• /ˌpeɪ.pɚ.məˈʃeɪ/ (US)
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French papier mâché (literally “chewed-up paper”). See French papier and mâcher, respectively related to the English words paper and masticate.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of a material of such type or admixture.

Forms

papier-mâché en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌpap.ɪ.eɪˈmaʃ.eɪ/ (UK)
• /ˌpeɪ.pɚ.məˈʃeɪ/ (US)
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French papier mâché (literally “chewed-up paper”). See French papier and mâcher, respectively related to the English words paper and masticate.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A composite material created by pulping paper or layering paper strips with an adhesive such as glue, starch or paste, which dries to form a durable, lightweight and moldable substance.
   • She sat completely alone at the very back of the sea-themed restaurant, amid papier-mâché starfish and plastic shrimp. 2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 236:

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Coordinates

decoupage · collage

Translations (60)

et papjeemašee (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · gu કાગળનો માવો (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · ja パピエ・マシェ (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · mi pepa whakapiripiri (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · he עִסַּת נְיָר (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · cy mwydion papur (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · ca paper maixé (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · pt papel machê (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · ro papier mâché (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · sh па̀пӣр-маше (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · ht papye mache (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · cs papírová masa (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · nb pappmasjé (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · be пап'е́-машэ́ (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · cy uwd papur (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · ru папье́-маше́ (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · ar وَرَق مُقَوَّى (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · ta தாள் ஊறல் (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · hy պապիե-մաշե (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · lt papjė mašė (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · da papmaché (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · he עיסת נייר (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · ko 파피에마세 (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · cs papírmaš (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · it cartapesta (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · sv papjemaché (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · gl papel maché (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · id bubur kertas (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · ja 張り子 (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · fi paperimassa (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · nb papirmasjé (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · sh kaširanī pàpīr (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · fr papier mâché (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · nn pappmasjé (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · sh каширанӣ па̀пӣр (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · de Papiermaché (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · es papel maché (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · cmn 紙型 /纸型 (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · hy թղթազանգված (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · de Pappmaschee (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · ko 혼응지 (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · de Pappmaché (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · te కాగితపు గుజ్జు (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · ka პაპიემაშე (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · io paperopasto (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · lv papjēmašē (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · sv pappmaché (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · nn papirmasjé (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · bg папиемаше́ (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · pt papel-machê (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · sv papier-maché (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · hu papírmasé (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · pl papier mâché (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · sh pàpīr-maše (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · ja 張子 (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · fa پاپیه ماشه (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · uk пап'є́-маше́ (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · el παπιέ μασέ (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · vi pa-pi-ê-ma-sê (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) · nl papier-maché (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object)

papier-mâché en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˌpap.ɪ.eɪˈmaʃ.eɪ/ (UK)
• /ˌpeɪ.pɚ.məˈʃeɪ/ (US)
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French papier mâché (literally “chewed-up paper”). See French papier and mâcher, respectively related to the English words paper and masticate.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To apply papier-mâché to.
   • In a giddy moment they had also papier-mâchéd the legs of the card table. 1990, Sarah Ellis, Next-Door Neighbors, New York, N.Y.: Margaret K. McElderry Books, →ISBN, page 78:
   • I have had it rebuilt, papier-mâchéd inside and otherwise repaired through the years. 1954, Emmett Kelly, F[rancis] Beverly Kelley, Clown, page 116:
   • I instead constructed ‘shelves’ inside Roy’s stomach, made from mesh, which I then also papier mâchéd. 2016, Isy Suttie, The Actual One: How I Tried, and Failed, to Remain Twenty-Something for Ever, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, →ISBN:
   • 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. 1959, SchoolArts, page 21:
   • Then he taped another cardboard tube on and papier-mâchéd it. 2020, Nancy Snyder, Lions for Ajax, Shepherd Press, →ISBN:
   • 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. 2019, Annabeth Bondor-Stone, Connor White, Jaclyn Hyde, HarperCollins, →ISBN:

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