Also means
photographic negative (dated)
Usage Note
Cliché entered English directly from French, where it originally described a printer's stereotype plate; the figurative sense ('overused idea') developed from that. In modern French it is used in both senses freely. The adjective banal or the phrase c'est un cliché are the natural contexts.
Examples
"Ce film est plein de clichés."
Natural Translation
This film is full of clichés.
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