affiche

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noun

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

OriginFrench affiche ← Old French afichier ← Vulgar Latin *fīgicāre →
UncommonScrabble 18
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Meanings

nounaffiche (plural affiches)

plural affiches

  1. A written or printed notice to be posted, as on a wall; a poster; a placard.
verbaffiche (third-person singular simple present affiches, present participle affiching, simple past and past participle affiched)

present singular third person affiches · participle present affiching · participle past affiched · past affiched

  1. To fix, fasten; to fix a poster or placard to a wall.
  2. To parade, to advertise, publicise; to display, show.

    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.

    1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXVI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 301

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Old Frencha-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeygʷ-
  7. Proto-Italic*feigʷō
  8. Latinfīvō
  9. Latinfīgō
  10. Vulgar Latin*fīgicāre
  11. Old Frenchfichier
  12. Old Frenchafichier
  13. Frenchafficherdeverb.
  14. Frenchaffiche
  15. Englishaffiche

Borrowed from French affiche.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

affiche. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affiche

MLA

“affiche.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affiche. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “affiche,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affiche.

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