klisza

See also: kliszą

Polish

klisza

Etymology

Borrowed from German Klischee. Doublet of cliché.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkli.ʂa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iʂa
• Syllabification: kli‧sza

Noun

klisza f (diminutive kliszka, related adjective kliszowy)

1. (colloquial, photography) photographic film (strip or sheet of transparent film base coated on one side with a gelatin emulsion containing microscopically small light-sensitive silver halide crystals)

   Synonyms: błona, film, taśma filmowa

2. (photography) block, plate (glass or celluloid plate coated with a photosensitive substance on which the negative of photographic images or X-rays is obtained)
3. (printing) plate (engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper)
4. (literary, rhetoric) cliché (overused phrase or expression)

   Synonyms: cliché, szablon

Declension

Declension of klisza

	singular	plural
nominative	klisza	klisze
genitive	kliszy	klisz
dative	kliszy	kliszom
accusative	kliszę	klisze
instrumental	kliszą	kliszami
locative	kliszy	kliszach
vocative	kliszo	klisze

Derived terms

nouns

• kliszarnia
• kliszograf
• kliszogram

 

verbs

• kliszować impf
• skliszować pf

 

Further reading

• klisza in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• klisza in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• klisza in PWN's encyclopedia