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Etymology
From Dutch cliché, from French cliché, 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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard, rare)
- IPA(key): (colloquial)
- Hyphenation: kli‧sé
Noun
klise or klisé
- cliché,
- (printing) a stereotype (printing plate).
- (figurative) 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
- (photography) negative.
- (figurative) imitation, copy
- Synonym: tiruan
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