Cliche — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a trite or obvious remark

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kjˈuːmɐɹˌoʊn/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪstɹˈeɪnə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪstɹˈeɪnə/

1 syllable Say it as /kjˈuːmɐɹˌoʊn/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

bromide commonplace platitude banality

Word Forms

platitudinous	adjective	dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
banal	adjective	repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
commonplace	adjective	repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Klischee

eine abgedroschene oder offensichtliche Bemerkung

🇫🇷French

cliché

une remarque banale ou évidente

🇪🇸Spanish

cliché

un comentario trillado u obvio

🇮🇹Italian

cliché

un'osservazione banale o ovvia

🇳🇱Dutch

cliché

een banale of voor de hand liggende opmerking

🇵🇹Portuguese

clichê

uma observação banal ou óbvia

🇷🇺Russian

клише

банальное или очевидное замечание

India

🇮🇳Hindi

क्लीषे

एक घिसी-पिटी या स्पष्ट टिप्पणी

🇧🇩Bengali

ক্লিচ

🇮🇳Tamil

கிளிச்

ஒரு சாதாரணமான அல்லது வெளிப்படையான கருத்து

🇮🇳Telugu

క్లిచ్

ఒక సామాన్యమైన లేదా స్పష్టమైన వ్యాఖ్య

🇮🇳Marathi

क्लिच

एक क्षुल्लक किंवा स्पष्ट टिप्पणी

🇮🇳Gujarati

ક્લિચ

એક ટ્રીટ અથવા સ્પષ્ટ ટિપ્પણી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕ್ಲೀಷೆ

ಒಂದು ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಅಥವಾ ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾದ ಹೇಳಿಕೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ക്ലീഷെ

നിസ്സാരമായ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ വ്യക്തമായ പരാമർശം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕਲੀਚ

ਇੱਕ ਤਿੱਖੀ ਜਾਂ ਸਪੱਸ਼ਟ ਟਿੱਪਣੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

کلچ

ایک معمولی یا واضح تبصرہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

陈词滥调

陈词滥调或明显的言论

🇯🇵Japanese

決まり文句

ありきたりな、または明白な発言

🇰🇷Korean

상투적인

진부하거나 뻔한 말

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sáo ngữ

một nhận xét sáo rỗng hoặc hiển nhiên

🇹🇭Thai

ถ้อยคำที่เบื่อหู

คำพูดซ้ำซากหรือชัดเจน

🇮🇩Indonesian

klise

komentar yang basi atau jelas

🇲🇾Malay

klise

kenyataan yang lapuk atau jelas

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

كليشية

ملاحظة مبتذلة أو واضحة

🇮🇷Persian

کلیشه

یک نکته پیش پا افتاده یا آشکار

🇹🇷Turkish

klişe

basmakalıp veya bariz bir açıklama

🇮🇱Hebrew

קְלִישֵׁה

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