cachet in Chinese

cachet in Chinese

What does "cachet" mean?

1. noun A stamp or seal used to close or mark a letter.
2. noun A sense of status or approval that something gains through what it is linked with.
   "I remember when this diner was a quiet hangout, but lately it seems to be losing its cachet."
3. noun A special printed design on an envelope marking an event, separate from the stamp or postmark.
   "The Alcatraz pelican cachet turned out to have a unique history of its own which had been lost over the years. Master cachet designer and artist John Coulthard (1903-1966) of 17 Elm Street Modesto, California, was the creator of the stamp."
4. noun A closed envelope holding something whose price is still being agreed.

cachet in a sentence

• I remember when this diner was a quiet hangout, but lately it seems to be losing its cachet.
• Cachet powers the often elusive concept “cool”; nothing can be cool without associations to particular groups of high-status individuals, namely, musicians, celebrities, and popular teens.
• The Alcatraz pelican cachet turned out to have a unique history of its own which had been lost over the years. Master cachet designer and artist John Coulthard (1903-1966) of 17 Elm Street Modesto, California, was the creator of the stamp.

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