cliché

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See also: cliche, clichê, and cliche'

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French cliché.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -iːʃeɪ
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  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

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cliché (plural clichés)

  1. 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.]
    The villain kidnapping the love interest in a film is a bit of a cliché.
  2. (printing) A stereotype (printing plate).

Usage notes

  • The alternative spelling cliche may be used without confusion, as there is no other word in English with this spelling. (Contrast résumé, resumé.)

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Translations

Adjective

cliché (comparative more cliché, superlative most cliché)

  1. clichéd; having the characteristics of a cliché

Verb

cliché (third-person singular simple present clichés, present participle clichéing, simple past and past participle clichéd or (rare) clichéed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To use a cliché; to make up a word or a name that sounds like a cliché.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French cliché.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: cli‧ché

Noun

cliché n (plural clichés, diminutive clichétje n)

  1. cliché

French

Etymology

Past participle of clicher (to stereotype, (originally) to copy, literally to click, clink), from Middle French clicher, 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.

Pronunciation

Noun

cliché m (plural clichés)

  1. (printing) stereotype (printing plate)
    La reproduction dans la presse de dessins et de photographies se fait au moyen de clichés typographiques.
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  2. (photography) negative
  3. (by extension) snapshot
    prendre un clichétake a snapshot
  4. (figurative) cliché; stereotype (overused phrase or expression)

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Further reading


Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French cliché.

Noun

cliché m (uncountable)

  1. plate (printing)
  2. cliché

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Polish

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Etymology

From French cliché.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): //kljiˈʂɛ// invalid IPA characters (//)

Noun

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  1. cliché

Declension

Indeclinable.

Further reading


Spanish

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French cliché.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kliˈt͡ʃe/ [kliˈt͡ʃe]

Noun

cliché m (plural clichés)

  1. (printing) cliché
  2. (talking) cliché

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