Meanings
nouncopier (plural copiers)
plural copiers
- A machine that copies graphical material; a duplicator.
Synonyms: duplicator, copy machine, xerox machine, xerox, xeroxer
- A person who copies documents.
- computingA program or process that copies.
a file copier; a disk copier
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA machine that copies graphical material; a duplicator.
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nounapparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material
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Origin
- Latincōpiō
- Old Frenchcopier
- Middle Englishcopien
- Englishcopy
- Englishcopier
Translations
Catalan copiadora
- copiadoramachine
Czech kopírka
- kopírkamachine
Dutch kopieerapparaat
- kopieerapparaatmachine
Finnish kopiokone, jäljentäjä
- kopiokonemachine
- jäljentäjäperson
- kopistiperson
French copieur, copiste
- copieurmachine
- copisteperson
German Kopierer, Kopiergerät
- Kopierermachine
- Kopiergerätmachine
Greek αντιγραφέας, αντιγραφικό μηχάνημα
- αντιγραφέας (antigraféas)machine
- αντιγραφικό μηχάνημα (antigrafikó michánima)machine
- φωτοτυπικό μηχάνημα (fototypikó michánima)machine
- αντιγραφέας (antigraféas)person
Hungarian fénymásoló
- fénymásolómachine
Polish kopiarka, kserokopiarka
- kopiarkamachine
- kserokopiarkamachine
- kopistaperson
- kopistkaperson
Portuguese copiadora, xerox
- copiadoramachine
- xeroxmachine
- copiadorperson
Swedish kopiator, kopieringsmaskin
- kopiatormachine
- kopieringsmaskinmachine
- kopieringsapparatmachine
Welsh copïwr
- copïwrmachine
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Cite this entry
APA
copier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copier
MLA
“copier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copier. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “copier,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copier.
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