stereotype (printing plate); negative; snapshot; cliché; stereotype (overused phrase or expression)
“La reproduction dans la presse de dessins et de photographies se fait au moyen de clichés typographiques.” — The reproduction in the press of drawings and photographs is done by means of typographical clichés.
Synonyms: banalité, idée reçue, lieu commun, stéréotype
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, related to Dutch klikken (“to click, rattle”), Low German klikken (“to click”), German klicken (“to click”), Danish klikke (“to click”), Swedish klicka (“to click”). Probably onomatopoeic, and probably influenced by Middle High German klitsch (“soft, pulpy mass”), from the old technique of cre