A cliche (or cliché, with the French accent mark—both spellings are accepted) is an expression that has been overused to the point of triteness. While avoiding them is usually a good idea, a cliche may occasionally be just what you need to convey a very specific meaning.

Can you spell cliche without the accent?

Cliché can also be used as an adjective to describe such things. It is very often seen as cliche, without the accent mark over the e. Example: Politicians' speeches are often filled with one cliché after another so they don't actually have to say anything meaningful.

Is cliche a French word?

Origin. The word cliché is borrowed from French, where it is a past passive participle of clicher, 'to click', used a noun; cliché is attested from 1825 and originated in the printing trades. ... Through this onomatopoeia, cliché came to mean a ready-made, oft-repeated phrase.