stereotype

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Etymology

Derived from French stéréotype.

Noun

stereotype (plural stereotypes)

1. A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
2. A person who is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.
3. (printing) A metal printing plate cast from a matrix moulded from a raised printing surface.

Translations

a conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image

Arabic: الصورة النمطية (ar) (al-Suura al-namaTíyya) f. Armenian: կարծրատիպ (hy) (karcratip) Catalan: estereotip (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 刻板印象 (cmn) (kèbǎn-yìnxiàng) Czech: stereotyp (cs) m. Finnish: stereotypia (fi)

French: stéréotype (fr) m. and f. German: Stereotyp (de) m. Japanese: ステレオタイプ (ja) (sutereotaipu) Malay: stereotaip (ms) Portuguese: estereótipo (pt) m. Russian: стереотип (ru) (stereotíp) m., клише (ru) (klišé) n. Slovene: stereotip (sl) m. Spanish: estereotipo (es) m.

a printing plate

Catalan: estereotip (ca) m. French: cliché (fr) m.

Spanish: estereotipo (es) m.

Verb

stereotype (third-person singular simple present stereotypes, present participle stereotyping, simple past and past participle stereotyped)

1. (transitive): To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype.
2. (transitive): To print from a stereotype.

Translations

To make a stereotype, or characterize someone by a stereotype

French: stéréotyper (fr), clicher (fr)

To print from a stereotype

Irish: plátáil (ga)

See also

• stereotypic
• stereotypical

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Adjective

stereotype

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of stereotyp.