cliché
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
From French cliché
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- (UK) IPA: /ˈkliːʃeɪ/, SAMPA: /"kli:SeI/
- Rhymes: -iːʃeɪ
- (US) enPR: klē-shāʹ, IPA: /kliːˈʃeɪ/, SAMPA: /kli:"SeI/
- Rhymes: -eɪ
[edit] Noun
Wikipedia cliché (plural clichés)
- Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude. [from 19th c.]
- Kidnapping the love interest during a film is a bit of a cliché.
- (printing) A stereotype (printing plate).
[edit] Usage notes
- The spelling cliche is considered an acceptable alternative, whether or not é is available, as there is no other word in English with this spelling with which it can be confused. (Compare resume.)
[edit] Synonyms
- platitude
- See also Wikisaurus:saying
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overused phrase or expression
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anything (other than a phrase) that is overused
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cliché n. (plural clichés, ??? please provide the diminutive!)
[edit] French
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Past participle of clicher (“to stereotype", originally, "to copy”, literally “to click, clink”), from Middle French, from Old French cliquer (“to click, clack, sound, resound”), of Germanic origin, related to Dutch klikken (“to click, rattle”), Low German klikken (“to click”), German klicken (“to click”), Danish klikke (“to click”), Swedish klicka (“to click”). Probably onomatopoeic, and probably influenced by Middle High German klitsch (“soft, pulpy mass”), from the old technique of creating a printing plate. More at click.
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[edit] Noun
cliché m. (plural clichés)
- (printing) A stereotype.
- La reproduction dans la presse de dessins et de photographies se fait au moyen de clichés typographiques.
- (photography) A negative; (by extension) a snapshot.
- Prendre un cliché.
- cliché
- Le type du cliché, c'est le proverbe, immuable et raide; le lieu commun prend autant de formes qu'il y a de combinaisons possibles dans une langue pour énoncer une sottise ou une incontestable vérité.
- En stylistique, on appelle cliché toute expression qui se trouve banalisée par l'emploi trop courant qui en a déjà été fait (l'aurore aux doigts de rose, l'astre des nuits).
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- Czech: klišé
- English: cliché
- Finish: klisee
- German: Klischee
- Portuguese: clichê
- Russian: клише
- Slovene: kliše
- Turkish: klişe
[edit] Italian
[edit] Noun
cliché m. inv.
