photocopy

English

Etymology

photo- +‎ copy

Pronunciation

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Noun

photocopy (plural photocopies)

A copy made using a photocopier.

Synonyms

copy
photostat (dated or Malaysian English)
xerox, xerox copy

Translations

copy made using a photocopier

Belarusian: ксерако́пія f (ksjerakópija)
Bulgarian: ксероко́пия (bg) f (kserokópija)
Burmese: ဖိုတိုစတက် (my) (hpuituica.tak)
Catalan: fotocòpia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 複印件／复印件 (zh) (fùyìnjiàn), 影印本 (zh) (yǐngyìnběn)
Cornish: liesskrif m
Czech: kopie (cs)
Danish: fotokopi (da)
Dutch: fotokopie (nl)
Esperanto: fotokopio
Finnish: valokopio
French: photocopie (fr) f
German: Fotokopie (de) f, Photokopie (de) f, Xerokopie (de) f
Greek: φωτοτυπία (el) f (fototypía)
Hebrew: צילום‎ m (tsilúm)
Hungarian: fénymásolat
Indonesian: fotokopi (id)
Irish: fótachóip f
Italian: fotocopia (it) f
Japanese: ゼロックス (zerokkusu), フォトコピー (fotokopī), 複写 (ja) (ふくしゃ, fukusha)
Kazakh: фотокөшірме (fotoköşırme)
Malay: fotokopi, salinan foto, fotostat
Persian: فوتوکپی‎ (fotokopi)
Polish: ksero (pl) n, kserokopia (pl) f
Portuguese: fotocópia (pt) f, xerox (pt) m
Russian: ксероко́пия (ru) f (kserokópija), фотоко́пия (ru) f (fotokópija)
Spanish: fotocopia (es) f
Swedish: fotokopia
Turkish: fotokopi (tr)
Ukrainian: ксероко́пія f (kserokópija)
Vietnamese: photocopy (vi)
Welsh: llungopi m

Verb

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

To make a copy using a photocopier.
- 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, Penguin Books (2001), page 234:
  ‘I don’t need to read it. The relevant passages have been photocopied for me.’

Derived terms

photocopier

Translations

to make a copy using a photocopier

Catalan: fotocopiar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 複印／复印 (zh), 复印 (zh) (fùyìn)
Cornish: liesskrifa
Czech: kopírovat (cs)
Danish: fotokopiere
Dutch: fotokopiëren (nl)
Esperanto: fotokopii
Finnish: valokopioida
German: fotokopieren (de), photokopieren (de)
Greek: φωτοτυπώ (el) (fototypó), φωτοαντιγράφω (fotoantigráfo)
Hebrew: צִילֵּם‎ (tsilém)
Hungarian: fénymásol (hu)
Irish: fótachóipeáil
Italian: fotocopiare (it)
Japanese: 複写する (ふくしゃする, fukusha suru)
Luxembourgish: fotokopéieren
Malay: memfotokopi
Polish: kserować (pl) impf, skserować pf
Portuguese: fotocopiar (pt), xerocar (pt)
Romanian: xeroxa (ro)
Russian: ксерокопи́ровать (ru) impf (kserokopírovatʹ), отксерокопи́ровать (ru) pf (otkserokopírovatʹ), фотокопи́ровать (ru) impf (fotokopírovatʹ), отфотокопи́ровать pf (otfotokopírovatʹ)
Spanish: fotocopiar (es)
Swedish: fotokopiera
Turkish: fotokopi çekmek
Welsh: llungopïo