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Cliché Definition

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English

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Etymology

From French clicher, “to stereotype”, originally “to copy”. Onomatopoeia, possibly influenced by German Klitsch “pulpy mass”, from the old technique of creating a printing plate.

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Noun

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Wikipedia 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.
    Kidnapping the love interest during a film is a bit of a cliché.

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Dutch

Noun

cliché n. (plural clichés)

  1. cliché

French

Etymology

Past participle of clicher.

Pronunciation

Noun

cliché m. (plural clichés)

  1. (printing) A stereotype.
    La reproduction dans la presse de dessins et de photographies se fait au moyen de clichés typographiques.
  2. (photography) A negative; (by extension) a snapshot.
    Prendre un cliché.
  3. 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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Italian

Noun

cliché m. inv.

  1. plate (printing)
  2. cliché

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