cliché

cli·ché also cliche  (kl-sh)

n.

1. A trite or overused expression or idea: "Even while the phrase was degenerating to cliché in ordinary public use . . . scholars were giving it increasing attention" (Anthony Brandt).

2. A person or character whose behavior is predictable or superficial: "There is a young explorer . . . who turns out not to be quite the cliche expected" (John Crowley).

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[French, past participle of clicher, to stereotype (imitative of the sound made when the matrix is dropped into molten metal to make a stereotype plate).]

Synonyms: cliché, bromide, commonplace, platitude, truism
These nouns denote an expression or idea that has lost its originality or force through overuse: a short story weakened by clichés; the old bromide that we are what we eat; uttered the commonplace "welcome aboard"; a eulogy full of platitudes; a once-original thought that has become a truism.

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cliché [ˈkliːʃeɪ]

n

1. (Linguistics) a word or expression that has lost much of its force through overexposure, as for example the phrase it's got to get worse before it gets better

2. an idea, action, or habit that has become trite from overuse

3. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing chiefly Brit a stereotype or electrotype plate

[from French, from clicher to stereotype; imitative of the sound made by the matrix when it is dropped into molten metal]

clichéd , clichéd adj

Thesaurus

cliché

noun platitude, stereotype, commonplace, banality, truism, bromide, old saw, hackneyed phrase, chestnut (informal) I've learned that the cliché about life not being fair is true.

Translations

cliché [ˈkliːʃeɪ] N → cliché m, tópico m

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cliché [ˈkliːʃeɪ] n → cliché m

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cliché

n → Klischee nt; cliché-ridden → voller Klischees

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cliché [ˈkliːʃeɪ] n → cliché m inv

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cliché [ˈkliːʃeɪ] n → cliché m inv

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cliché

n cliché [ˈkliːʃei, (American ) kli:ˈʃei]

a phrase which has been used too often, and has become meaningless. afgesaag, holrug كليشيه: عِبارَه مُتَكَرِّرَه клише klišé, fráze floskel; cliché das Klischee κοινοτοπία, κλισέ cliché klišee کلیشه klisee cliché קְלִישָאָה चलन से बाहर हुआ मुहावरा kliše, otisak közhely klise klisja, tugga cliché ちんぷな表現 진부한 문구 nuvalkiotas, banalus posakis klišeja; nodrāzta frāze kata basi clicha a klisjé, forslitt vending komunał, frazes frase feita clişeu клише fráza fraza kliše klyscha, kliché ถ้อยคำซ้ำซาก klişe, basmakalıp söz 陳詞濫調 банальна фраза, штамп lời nói sáo rỗng 陈词滥调