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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cli•ché or cli•che/kliˈʃeɪ, klɪ-/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- an overused or trite expression, plot, style, etc.:The phrases sadder but wiser, or strong as an ox are clichés.
- anything that has become trite through overuse.
cli•ched, adj.: a clichéd remark. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cli•ché (klē shā′, kli-),USA pronunciation n. - a trite, stereotyped expression;
a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse, as sadder but wiser, or strong as an ox. - (in art, literature, drama, etc.) a trite or hackneyed plot, character development, use of color, musical expression, etc.
- anything that has become trite or commonplace through overuse.
- [Print. Brit.]
- Printinga stereotype or electrotype plate.
- Printinga reproduction made in a like manner.
adj. - trite;
hackneyed;
stereotyped;
clichéd.
Also, cli•che′. - French: stereotype plate, stencil, cliché, noun, nominal use of past participle of clicher to make such a plate, said to be imitative of the sound of the metal pressed against the matrix
- 1825–35
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged platitude, bromide, stereotype, commonplace.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cliché /ˈkliːʃeɪ/ n - a word or expression that has lost much of its force through overexposure, as for example the phrase
- an idea, action, or habit that has become trite from overuse
- chiefly Brit a stereotype or electrotype plate
Etymology: 19th Century: from French, from clicher to stereotype; imitative of the sound made by the matrix when it is dropped into molten metalˈclichéd, ˈcliché'd adj |