poncif

pɔ̃sif

poncive, poncives

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Definition of poncif - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

clichéidée ou expression banale répétée sans originalité

Son discours était rempli de poncifs sur le bonheur.

banalité

cliché

personne stéréotypéepersonne qui incarne des idées toutes faites

Ce personnage de roman n'est qu'un poncif du bourgeois.

Adjective

banalitéqui manque d'originalité et suit des modèles convenus

Son discours était poncif et sans surprise.

banal

convenu

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Images of poncif

dessin perforé servant à reproduire un motif avec de la poudre

Origin of poncif

italien, poncif (motif imprimé)

Examples of poncif in a sentence

Le roman critique les poncifs de la société moderne.
Il joue toujours le poncif du méchant dans ses films.
Dans ce débat, il n’a fait que répéter des poncifs.
Le poncif facilite la reproduction exacte du motif.
Elle prépare un poncif pour orner le plafond.
Ce poncif recouvre toute la zone urbaine sur la carte.

Les élèves ont appris à dessiner un poncif pour représenter les forêts.
Le film était poncif, sans aucune innovation.
Ses idées poncives lassent le public.

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English:cliché, trite, ...
German:Klischee, abgedroschen, ...
Italian:luogo comune, banale, ...
Spanish:cliché, trillado, ...
Portuguese:clichê, banal, ...
Chinese:陈词滥调, 陈词滥调的, ...
Japanese:決まり文句, 陳腐な, ...
Arabic:عبارة مبتذلة, مبتذل, ...
Hebrew:קְלִישֵׁאָה, קְלִישָׁאִי, ...
Russian:штамп, банальный, ...
Ukrainian:кліше, банальний, ...
Catalan:clixé, borrat, ...
Danish:kliché, klichépræget, ...
Dutch:cliché, clichématig, ...
Greek:κλισέ, κοινότοπο, ...
Hungarian:közhely, közhelyes, ...
Khmer:គំនិតស្ទួន, ស៊ាំ, ...
Korean:진부한 표현, 진부한, ...
Polish:klisza, banalny, ...
Portuguese (BR):clichê, batido, ...
Romanian:clișeu, banal, ...
Swedish:klyscha, klichéartad, ...
Thai:คำพูดซ้ำซาก, ซ้ำซาก, ...
Turkish:klişe, alışılmış, ...
Vietnamese:khuôn sáo, rập khuôn, ...

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