xerox

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noun

A xerograph (copy).

“Hand me that xerox, would you?”

CommonScrabble 19

Meanings

xerox1

nounxerox (plural xeroxes)

plural xeroxes · alternative Xerox

  1. colloquialinformalA xerograph (copy).

    Hand me that xerox, would you?

    2 more examples

    Near-synonyms: photocopy (broadly synonymous), photostat (broadly synonymous)

    There were twenty pictures in the envelope, xeroxes but clear enough. They documented the scene pretty much as I imagined it.

    2009, David Ebershoff, The 19th Wife, Random House, →ISBN, page 142

    Synonyms: xerox copy, photocopy, photostat

  2. colloquialinformalA xerographer (machine).

    The xerox broke down yesterday.

    1 more example

    Near-synonyms: photocopier, photoduplicator, copier (broadly synonymous), photostat (broadly synonymous)

    Synonyms: xerox machine, photocopier, photoduplicator, copier, photostat

verbxerox (third-person singular simple present xeroxes, present participle xeroxing, simple past and past participle xeroxed)

present singular third person xeroxes · participle present xeroxing · participle past xeroxed · past xeroxed · alternative Xerox

  1. ambitransitiveTo make a copy using a xerographer.

    I xeroxed the report for all the people at the meeting.

    1 more example

    Near-synonyms: photocopy, photoduplicate (broadly synonymous), photostat (broadly synonymous)

    Synonyms: xerograph, photocopy, photoduplicate, photostat

Xerox2

nounXerox (plural Xeroxes)

plural Xeroxes

  1. Alternative letter-case form of xerox.
verbXerox (third-person singular simple present Xeroxes, present participle Xeroxing, simple past and past participle Xeroxed)

present singular third person Xeroxes · participle present Xeroxing · participle past Xeroxed · past Xeroxed

  1. Alternative letter-case form of xerox.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA xerograph (copy).

verbTo make a copy using a xerographer.

More synonyms by meaning

nouna duplicator (trade mark Xerox) that copies graphic matter by the action of light on an electrically charged photoconductive insulating surface in which the latent image is developed with a resinous powder

Similar
xerographic copierXerox machine

nouna copy made by a xerographic copier

Similar
Broader

verbreproduce by xerography

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

xerox · noun, verb

  1. Ancient Greekξηρός“dry”
  2. Englishxerox

Genericized trademark from Xerox (“a photocopier”), from xerography, from Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós, “dry”) and γραφή (graphḗ, “writing”).

Full word history & related roots →

Xerox · noun, verb

Genericized trademark; see xerox for more.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian копи́рам
  • копи́рам (kopíram)to make photocopies
Catalan fotocopiar
  • fotocopiarto make photocopies
Chinese Mandarin 複印 /复印
  • 複印 /复印 (fùyìn)to make photocopies
Dutch fotokopiëren, kopiëren
  • fotokopiërento make photocopies
  • kopiërento make photocopies
Esperanto fotokopii
  • fotokopiito make photocopies
Finnish kopioida
  • kopioidato make photocopies
German fotokopieren
  • fotokopierento make photocopies
Hindi ज़िरोक्स करना, ज़ेरॉक्स करना
  • ज़िरोक्स करना (ziroks karnā)to make photocopies
  • ज़ेरॉक्स करना (zerŏks karnā)to make photocopies
Hungarian xeroxozik
  • xeroxozikto make photocopies
Irish fótachóipeáil
  • fótachóipeáilto make photocopies
Italian fotocopiare, xerocopiare
  • fotocopiareto make photocopies
  • xerocopiareto make photocopies
Japanese 複写する, コピーする
  • 複写する (fukusha suru)to make photocopies
  • コピーする (kopī suru)to make photocopies
  • ゼロックスする (zerokkusu suru)to make photocopies
Malay zeroks
  • zeroksto make photocopies
Polish kserować, skserować
  • kserowaćto make photocopies
  • skserowaćto make photocopies
  • fotokopiowaćto make photocopies
  • sfotokopiowaćto make photocopies
Portuguese fotocopiar, xerocar
  • fotocopiarto make photocopies
  • xerocarto make photocopies
Romanian xeroxa
  • xeroxato make photocopies
Russian ксерокопи́ровать, отксерокопи́ровать
  • ксерокопи́ровать (kserokopírovatʹ)to make photocopies
  • отксерокопи́ровать (otkserokopírovatʹ)to make photocopies
  • фотокопи́ровать (fotokopírovatʹ)to make photocopies
  • отфотокопи́ровать (otfotokopírovatʹ)to make photocopies
  • ксе́рить (kséritʹ)to make photocopies
  • отксе́рить (otkséritʹ)to make photocopies
Slovak xeroxovať, kopírovať
  • xeroxovaťto make photocopies
  • kopírovaťto make photocopies
  • fotiťto make photocopies
Spanish fotocopiar
  • fotocopiarto make photocopies
Swedish ranka, kopiera
  • rankato make photocopies
  • kopierato make photocopies
  • fotokopierato make photocopies
  • stencilerato make photocopies
Tagalog seroks, iseroks
  • seroksto make photocopies
  • iseroksto make photocopies
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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