clicher
French, verb/kli.ʃe/
clicher is spelled C-L-I-C-H-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written French, the 202,924th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clicher is a French verb meaning “to stereotype (in either sense of the word)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire des planches solides qui reproduisent en relief l’empreinte d’une composition en caractères mobiles et…”.
What does clicher mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stereotype (in either sense of the word)
- 2
to photograph
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire des planches solides qui reproduisent en relief l’empreinte d’une composition en caractères mobiles et qui peuvent servir à plusieurs tirages. 2. Recopier le contenu, à un instant déterminé, de tout ou partie d’une mémoire sur un autre support. 3. Vérifier qu’une porte est ouverte ou fermée, appuyer sur la cliche. 4. Voir, regarder.
verb: 1. Faire un clichement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of clicher
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- clichant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- cliché participle past
- cliche first-person indicative present
- cliches indicative present second-person
- clichons first-person indicative plural
- clichez indicative plural present
- clichent indicative plural present
- clichais first-person imperfect indicative
- clichait imperfect indicative singular
- clichions first-person imperfect indicative
- clichiez imperfect indicative plural
- clichaient imperfect indicative plural
- clichai first-person historic indicative
- clichas historic indicative past
- clicha historic indicative past
- clichâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clicher?
- /kli.ʃe/
- \kli.ʃe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to clicher
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clicher in French?
clicher appears about once in every 41 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).