Papier-mâché

Translation of "papier-mâché" into Russian

Noun

papier-mâché

papier-mâchés pl

Primarily an uncountable material; occasionally countable for objects made of the material.

The carnival mask was made from papier-mâché.

Карнавальная маска была сделана из папье-маше.

Verb

papier-mâché

papier-mâchés

papier-mâchéd Past Simple / Past Participle

papier-mâchéing Gerund

Rare, transitive: to cover or make with papier-mâché.

Additional translations

папьемашировать

разг., редко

Adjective

papier-mâché

Used attributively to describe things made of or resembling papier-mâché; non-gradable in practice.

папьемашевый

They carried a huge papier-mâché dragon through the streets.

Они несли по улицам огромного папьемашевого дракона.

Noun

A material made of paper pulp mixed with glue and other substances, moulded when wet and hardened when dry.

The carnival mask was made from papier-mâché.

An object or artwork created from this material.

Several colourful papier-mâchés hung from the ceiling.

Verb

To cover or fashion with papier-mâché.

We spent the afternoon papier-mâchéing balloons for the party.

Adjective

Made of papier-mâché or resembling it in appearance or texture.

They carried a huge papier-mâché dragon through the streets.

Figurative: flimsy or insubstantial; lacking real strength.

Critics dismissed the reforms as a papier-mâché solution.