carbon copy

See also: carbon-copy

English

Alternative forms

carbon-copy

Noun

carbon copy (plural carbon copies)

A copy produced in an alternated stack of ordinary sheets of paper and carbon papers. The pressure applied on the top sheet (by a pen or typewriter) causes every carbon paper to release its carbon cover, thus reproducing the writing on the subjacent layers of paper.
Synonym: (abbreviation) cc
In preparing the contract, we'll make a carbon copy for our records.
(by extension) Any duplicate.
This new home is simply a carbon copy of the one down the street.
(Internet) A duplicate copy of an email.

Derived terms

blind carbon copy

Translations

a copy

Czech: průklep m
Danish: gennemslag n, gennemslagskopi
Dutch: doorslag (nl) m
Finnish: hiilikopio
French: copie (fr) f
German: Durchschlag (de) m
Irish: cóip charbóin f
Portuguese: cópia carbono f
Romanian: copie (ro) f
Russian: ко́пия (ru) f (kópija), ко́пия че́рез копи́рку f (kópija čérez kopírku)
Spanish: copia (es) f, copia en papel carbón f
Tagalog: siping karbon
Welsh: copi carbon m

duplicate

Czech: kopie (cs) f
Finnish: kopio (fi)
French: copie carbone (fr)
Romanian: copie la indigo f
Russian: ко́пия (ru) f (kópija), дублика́т (ru) m (dublikát)
Spanish: duplicado (es) m
Welsh: copi carbon m

Verb

carbon copy (third-person singular simple present carbon copies, present participle carbon copying, simple past and past participle carbon copied)

(transitive) To create a carbon copy of.
Please carbon copy this contract for our records.
(Internet) To send a duplicate copy of an email to.
Synonym: (abbreviation) cc

Translations

to create a carbon copy of

Finnish: tehdä hiilikopio
Russian: копи́ровать (ru) impf (kopírovatʹ), скопи́ровать (ru) pf (skopírovatʹ)
Welsh: carbon gopïo

cc (email)

Chinese:
Mandarin: 抄送 (zh) (chāosòng)
Finnish: lähettää kopio
French: mettre en copie
Polish: wysyłać kopię impf, wysłać kopię pf
Russian: посыла́ть ко́пию impf (posylátʹ kópiju), посла́ть ко́пию pf (poslátʹ kópiju)

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Translations to be checked

Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} copia al papiro carbon
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} copie la indigo f