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Where does “cliche” come from?

cliche (French) comes from French clicher, from German Klitsch.

cliche (French): stereotype; negative; snapshot

Definitions

  1. stereotype; negative; snapshot

Ancestry of “cliche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchclicherto stereotype
2GermanKlitsch—

Words derived from “cliche”

  • cliche
  • cliché
  • clichéd
  • cliché-ridden
  • clichély
  • clichédly
  • unclichéd
  • cliché
  • cliché
  • клише
  • Klischee
  • clixé
  • kliŝo
  • kliŝaĵo
  • clichématig
  • cliché
  • kliché
  • cliché
  • kliše
  • клише
  • klišé
  • клише
  • klisja
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