photocopy

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/ˈfəʊtəˌkɒpi/

noun

A copy made using a photocopier.

Similar
copyphotostatxeroxxerox copyrun off
OriginEnglish copy ← Middle English copy ← Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-) →
Less commonScrabble 21
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Meanings

nounphotocopy (plural photocopies)

plural photocopies

  1. A copy made using a photocopier.

    Synonyms: copy, photostat, xerox, xerox copy

verbphotocopy (third-person singular simple present photocopies, present participle photocopying, simple past and past participle photocopied)

present singular third person photocopies · participle present photocopying · participle past photocopied · past photocopied

  1. transitiveTo make a copy using a photocopier.

    ‘I don’t need to read it. The relevant passages have been photocopied for me.’

    2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 234

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA copy made using a photocopier.

Similar
copyphotostatxeroxxerox copy

More synonyms by meaning

verbreproduce by xerography

Similar
run offxerox
Broader
reproduce
Also see
photostatrun offxeroxxerox copy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  4. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  5. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  6. Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
  7. Englishphoto-
  8. Middle Englishcopy
  9. Englishcopy
  10. Englishphotocopy

From photo- + copy.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian ксероко́пия
  • ксероко́пия (kserokópija)copy made using a photocopier
Catalan fotocòpia, fotocopiar
  • fotocòpiacopy made using a photocopier
  • fotocopiarto make a copy using a photocopier
Chinese Mandarin 複印件 /复印件, 影印本
  • 複印件 /复印件 (fùyìnjiàn)copy made using a photocopier
  • 影印本 (yǐngyìnběn)copy made using a photocopier
  • 複印 /复印 (fùyìn)to make a copy using a photocopier
Czech kopie, kopírovat
  • kopiecopy made using a photocopier
  • kopírovatto make a copy using a photocopier
Danish fotokopi, fotokopiere
  • fotokopicopy made using a photocopier
  • fotokopiereto make a copy using a photocopier
Dutch fotokopie, fotokopiëren
  • fotokopiecopy made using a photocopier
  • fotokopiërento make a copy using a photocopier
Esperanto fotokopio, fotokopii
  • fotokopiocopy made using a photocopier
  • fotokopiito make a copy using a photocopier
Finnish valokopio, valokopioida
  • valokopiocopy made using a photocopier
  • valokopioidato make a copy using a photocopier
French photocopie
  • photocopiecopy made using a photocopier
German Fotokopie, Photokopie
  • Fotokopiecopy made using a photocopier
  • Photokopiecopy made using a photocopier
  • Xerokopiecopy made using a photocopier
  • fotokopierento make a copy using a photocopier
  • photokopierento make a copy using a photocopier
Greek φωτοτυπία, φωτοτυπώ
  • φωτοτυπία (fototypía)copy made using a photocopier
  • φωτοτυπώ (fototypó)to make a copy using a photocopier
  • φωτοαντιγράφω (fotoantigráfo)to make a copy using a photocopier
Hebrew צילום, צִילֵּם
  • צילום (tsilúm)copy made using a photocopier
  • צִילֵּם (tsilém)to make a copy using a photocopier
Hungarian fénymásolat, fénymásol
  • fénymásolatcopy made using a photocopier
  • fénymásolto make a copy using a photocopier
Indonesian fotokopi, salinan sinar
  • fotokopicopy made using a photocopier
  • salinan sinarcopy made using a photocopier
  • memfotokopito make a copy using a photocopier
Irish fótachóip, fótachóipeáil
  • fótachóipcopy made using a photocopier
  • fótachóipeáilto make a copy using a photocopier
Italian fotocopia, fotocopiare
  • fotocopiacopy made using a photocopier
  • fotocopiareto make a copy using a photocopier
Japanese ゼロックス, フォトコピー
  • ゼロックス (zerokkusu)copy made using a photocopier
  • フォトコピー (fotokopī)copy made using a photocopier
  • 複写 (fukusha)copy made using a photocopier
  • 複写する (fukusha suru)to make a copy using a photocopier
Malay fotokopi, salinan foto
  • fotokopicopy made using a photocopier
  • salinan fotocopy made using a photocopier
  • fotostatcopy made using a photocopier
  • memfotokopito make a copy using a photocopier
Persian فوتوکپی
  • فوتوکپی (fotokopi)copy made using a photocopier
Polish ksero, kserokopia
  • kserocopy made using a photocopier
  • kserokopiacopy made using a photocopier
  • fotokopiacopy made using a photocopier
  • kserowaćto make a copy using a photocopier
  • skserowaćto make a copy using a photocopier
  • fotokopiowaćto make a copy using a photocopier
  • sfotokopiowaćto make a copy using a photocopier
Portuguese fotocópia, xerox
  • fotocópiacopy made using a photocopier
  • xeroxcopy made using a photocopier
  • fotocopiarto make a copy using a photocopier
  • xerocarto make a copy using a photocopier
Romanian xeroxa, fotocopia
  • xeroxato make a copy using a photocopier
  • fotocopiato make a copy using a photocopier
Russian ксероко́пия, фотоко́пия
  • ксероко́пия (kserokópija)copy made using a photocopier
  • фотоко́пия (fotokópija)copy made using a photocopier
  • ксерокопи́ровать (kserokopírovatʹ)to make a copy using a photocopier
  • отксерокопи́ровать (otkserokopírovatʹ)to make a copy using a photocopier
  • фотокопи́ровать (fotokopírovatʹ)to make a copy using a photocopier
  • отфотокопи́ровать (otfotokopírovatʹ)to make a copy using a photocopier
Spanish fotocopia, fotocopiar
  • fotocopiacopy made using a photocopier
  • fotocopiarto make a copy using a photocopier
Swahili fotokopi
  • fotokopicopy made using a photocopier
Swedish fotokopia, fotokopiera
  • fotokopiacopy made using a photocopier
  • fotokopierato make a copy using a photocopier
Tamil ஒளிநகல், ஜிராக்ஸ்
  • ஒளிநகல் (oḷinakal)copy made using a photocopier
  • ஜிராக்ஸ் (jirāks)copy made using a photocopier
Turkish fotokopi, fotokopi çekmek
  • fotokopicopy made using a photocopier
  • fotokopi çekmekto make a copy using a photocopier
Ukrainian ксероко́пія
  • ксероко́пія (kserokópija)copy made using a photocopier
Vietnamese photocopy
  • photocopycopy made using a photocopier
Welsh llungopi, llungopïo
  • llungopicopy made using a photocopier
  • llungopïoto make a copy using a photocopier
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