affiche
English
Noun
affiche (plural affiches)
- A written or printed notice to be posted, as on a wall; a poster; a placard.
Verb
affiche (third-person singular simple present affiches, present participle affiching, simple past and past participle affiched)
- To fix, fasten; to fix a poster or placard to a wall.
- 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.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɑˈfi.ʃə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: af‧fi‧che
Noun
affiche f or n (plural affiches)
- A placard, a poster containing an announcement or promotional information hung in a public space.
- Synonym: aanplakbiljet
Related terms
- afficheren
French
Etymology
Deverbal from afficher (“to put up, display”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.fiʃ/
affiche (file)
Derived terms
Descendants
Verb
affiche
- inflection of afficher:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “affiche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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