How is the word poncifs translated from French to English

English translation
tropes
noun

Idées ou images sans cesse reprises dans les récits.

Ideas or images repeated often in stories.

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  • Le film joue avec les poncifs familiers du film d'horreur. — The film plays with familiar horror tropes.

  • Quels poncifs t'agacent le plus ? — Which tropes annoy you the most?

  • Les romans sentimentaux reposent sur quelques poncifs bien usés. — Romance novels rely on a few well-worn tropes.

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