xerox

See also Xerox

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈzɛ.ɹɒks/, SAMPA: /"zE.r\Qks/

  Hyphenation: xe‧rox

• (US) IPA: /ˈziː(ə)ɹ.ɑks/

  Hyphenation: xer‧ox

Etymology

From Xerox (“a photocopier”), from xerography from Ancient Greek ξηρός (ksēros, “dry”) and γραφή (graphē, “writing”).

Noun

xerox (plural xeroxes)

1. (slang, North America) A photocopy.

   Hand me that xerox, would you?

Derived terms

• xerox copy

Verb

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

1. (slang, North America) To make a paper copy or copies by means of a photocopier.

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

Synonyms

• (make a paper copy): copy, photocopy

Translations

to make photocopies

Bulgarian: копирам (bg) Catalan: fotocopiar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 複印 (cmn), 复印 (cmn) (fùyìn) Dutch: fotokopiëren, kopiëren (nl) Finnish: kopioida (fi) Interlingua: photocopiar, xeroxar

Italian: fotocopiare (it), xerocopiare (it) Polish: kserować / skserować Portuguese: fotocopiar (pt), xerocar (pt) Russian: ксерокопировать (ru) (kserokopírovat'), фотокопировать (ru) (fotokopírovat') Slovene: fotokopirati (sl) Spanish: fotocopiar (es)

Usage notes

The term Xerox is trademarked in numerous countries, while it has been deemed a genericized trademark in others. Xerox Corporation has a history of defending the trademark, recommending instead the term photocopy, both for the noun and verb.

See also

• w:Xerox#Trademark issues and name usage