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patchwork — [ patʃwɶrk ] n. m. • 1962; mot angl. , de patch « morceau » et work « ouvrage » ♦ Anglic. Tissu fait de morceaux disparates cousus les uns aux autres. Péj. Mélange d éléments hétérogènes. Un patchwork culturel. ● patchwork nom masculin ( … Encyclopédie Universelle
Patchwork — Decke Cover „Patchwork Girl of Oz“ 1913 Patchwork (wörtlich: „Flickwerk“) ist eine Technik der Textilgestaltung, bei der kleine … Deutsch Wikipedia
patchwork — s. m. 1. Obra feita de pedaços de tecido de cores diferentes, muitas vezes vivas, cosidos uns nos outros. 2. [Figurado] Qualquer conjunto formado de elementos heterogêneos, disparates: Um patchwork de nacionalidades. • Plural: patchworks.… … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
patchwork — ► NOUN 1) needlework in which small pieces of cloth in different designs are sewn edge to edge. 2) a thing composed of many different elements: a patchwork of educational courses … English terms dictionary
Patchwork — Patch work , n. Work composed of pieces sewed together, esp. pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill adapted parts; something irregularly clumsily composed; a thing putched up. Swift. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
patchwork — index melange Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
patchwork — 1690s, from PATCH (Cf. patch) (n.1) + WORK (Cf. work) (n.) … Etymology dictionary
patchwork — (izg. pàčvork) m DEFINICIJA komadići tkanine, kože, vunenog pletiva i sl. raznih boja i uzoraka sastavljeni u cjelinu za različitu uporabu ETIMOLOGIJA engl … Hrvatski jezični portal
patchwork — [n] mixture, hodgepodge check, confusion, disorder, hash*, jumble, medley, miscellany, mishmash, muddle, olio, pastiche, plaid, salad*, salmagundi, stew*, tartan; concepts 260,432,475 … New thesaurus
patchwork — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 7}}[wym. paczłerk a. paczłork] {{/stl 7}}{{stl 8}}rz. mnż IIa, D. u {{/stl 8}}{{stl 7}} narzuta, dywanik, tkanina itp. wyrób zszyty z kawałków różnych materiałów <ang.> {{/stl 7}} … Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień
patchwork — [pach′wʉrk΄] n. 1. anything formed of irregular, incongruous, odd, or miscellaneous parts; jumble 2. a quilt or other covering made of patches of cloth, etc. sewn together at their edges 3. any design or surface like this … English World dictionary