cliché

French

noun
Definitions
  • (printing) stereotype printing plate
  • (photography) negative
  • (by extension) snapshot
  • (figurative) cliché; stereotype overused phrase or expression

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French clicher inherited from Old French cliquer (click, sound, resound, clack).

Origin

Old French

cliquer

Gloss

click, sound, resound, clack

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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