decoupage

UK: /ˌdeɪkuːˈpɑːʒ/ US: /ˌdeɪkuˈpɑʒ/ ,(dā′ko̅o̅ päzh′)

Inflections of 'decoupage' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

decoupages

v 3rd person singular

decoupaging

v pres p

decoupaged

v past

decoupaged

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

de•cou•page or dé•cou•page /ˌdeɪkuˈpɑʒ/   n., v., -paged, -pag•ing. 
n. 

1. Fine Art [uncountable] the art of decorating something with cutouts over which varnish or lacquer is applied.
[countable] the cutout itself:
a few decoupages on the classroom walls.

v. [ ~ + obj]

2. Fine Art to decorate by decoupage.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

de•cou•page  (dā′ko̅o̅ päzh′), n., v., -paged, -pag•ing. 
n. Also, dé•cou•page 

(dā′ko̅o̅ päzh′; Fr. dā ko̅o̅ pazh′). 
1. the art or technique of decorating something with cut-outs of paper, linoleum, plastic, or other flat material over which varnish or lacquer is applied.
2. work produced by the art or technique of decoupage.

v.t. 

3. to decorate by decoupage:
   walls decoupaged with photographs of movie stars.
4. to apply or use as decoupage or by decoupage technique:
   Let's decoupage these maps onto the tabletops.

• French découpage a cutting out, equivalent. to Middle French decoup(er) to cut out (de- de- + couper to cut; see coupé, coup) + -age -age
• 1955–60

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

decoupage / ˌdeɪkuːˈpɑːʒ/ noun

1. the art or process of decorating a surface with shapes or illustrations cut from paper, card, etc

Etymology: 20th Century: from French, from découper to cut out, from de- + couper to cut