affiche

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See also: Affiche and affiché

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French affiche.

Noun

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affiche (plural affiches)

  1. A written or printed notice to be posted, as on a wall; a poster; a placard.

Verb

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affiche (third-person singular simple present affiches, present participle affiching, simple past and past participle affiched)

  1. To fix, fasten; to fix a poster or placard to a wall.
  2. To parade, to advertise, publicise; to display, show.
    • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXVI, in Francesca Carrara. [], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, [], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 301:
      The return of the Duc de Mercœur added, if possible, to the gaiety of Compiegne; and the Duchesse gave a fête in its honour. Everything then was expressed by a fête; saints were worshipped, mistresses flattered, ministers courted, victories celebrated, sentiments affiched—and all by a fête.

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French affiche, from Latin affīxus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌɑˈfi.ʃə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: af‧fi‧che

Noun

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affiche f or n (plural affiches)

  1. a placard, a poster containing an announcement or promotional information hung in a public space
    Synonym: aanplakbiljet
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French

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Etymology

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Deverbal from afficher (to put up, display).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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affiche f (plural affiches)

  1. poster
  2. placard
  3. sign

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Verb

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affiche

  1. inflection of afficher:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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