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See also:Cliché,cliche,clichê,andcliche'

English

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EnglishWikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromFrenchcliché.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cliché (pluralclichés)

  1. (rhetoric) Something, most often aphrase orexpression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. Atrite saying; aplatitude.[from 19th c.]
    Synonyms:platitude,stereotype;see alsoThesaurus:saying
    The villain kidnapping the love interest in a film is a bit of acliché.
    I know it's a bit of acliché, butlove really does conquer all.
    • 2003, “The Package”, performed byA Perfect Circle:
      Clever got me this far
      Then tricky got me in
      Eye on what I'm after
      I don't need another friend
      Smile and drop thecliche
      Till you think I'm listening
      Take just what I came for
      Then I'm out the door again
    • 2023, “Remember All The Girls”, performed byThe Sherlocks:
      Don’t believe what they’re saying everything’s is gonna change How could it be ever the same? It’s just acliché fading Till we go our separate ways
  2. (printing) Astereotype (printing plate).

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

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Related terms

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Translations

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overused phrase or expression
anything else that is overused

Adjective

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cliché (comparativemorecliché,superlativemostcliché)

  1. (sometimes proscribed)Clichéd; having the characteristics of a cliché.

Verb

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cliché (third-person singular simple presentclichés,present participleclichéing,simple past and past participleclichédor(rare)clichéed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To use a cliché; to make up a word or a name that sounds like a cliché.
    • 2015,Shonda Rhimes,Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person‎[1]:
      Heclichéd at me. Heclichéd at me in a perky, condescending tone.

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchcliché.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cliché n (pluralclichés,diminutiveclicheetje n)

  1. acliché
  2. anunoriginalwork
  3. aprintingplate, astereotype

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Descendants

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French

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Etymology

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Past participle ofclicher(“to stereotype, (originally) to copy”, literally“to click, clink”), fromMiddle Frenchclicher, fromOld Frenchcliquer(“to click, clack, sound, resound”), ofGermanic origin, related toDutchklikken(“to click, rattle”),Low Germanklikken(“to click”),Germanklicken(“to click”),Danishklikke(“to click”),Swedishklicka(“to click”). Probablyonomatopoeic, and probably influenced byMiddle High Germanklitsch(“soft, pulpy mass”), from the old technique of creating a printing plate. More atclick.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cliché m (pluralclichés)

  1. (printing)stereotype(printing plate)
    La reproduction dans la presse de dessins et de photographies se fait au moyen declichés typographiques.
    The reproduction in the press of drawings and photographs is done by means of typographicalclichés.
  2. (photography)negative
  3. (by extension)snapshot
    prendre uncliché ―take a snapshot
  4. (figurative)cliché;stereotype(overused phrase or expression)
    Synonyms:banalité,idée reçue,lieu commun,stéréotype

Descendants

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Further reading

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromFrenchcliché.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cliché m (invariable)

  1. plate (printing)
  2. cliché

References

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  1. ^cliché inLuciano Canepari,Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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Polish

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PolishWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromFrenchcliché.Doublet ofklisza.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kliˈʂɛ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes:-ɛ
  • Syllabification:cli‧ché

Noun

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cliché n (indeclinable)

  1. (literary, rhetoric)cliché(overused phrase or expression)
    Synonyms:klisza,szablon

Further reading

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  • cliché in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromFrenchcliché.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cliché m (pluralclichés)

  1. unadapted form ofclichê

Spanish

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SpanishWikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchcliché.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kliˈt͡ʃe/[kliˈt͡ʃe]
  • IPA(key): /kliˈʃe/[kliˈʃe]
  • Rhymes:-e
  • Syllabification:cli‧ché

Noun

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cliché m (pluralclichés)

  1. (rhetoric)cliché
    Synonym:tópico
  2. (printing)cliché

Further reading

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Anagrams

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