photocopier
English
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Etymology
Noun
photocopier (plural photocopiers)
- A machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates.
Synonyms
- (by ellipsis) copier
- photoduplicator
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
photocopier
- (transitive) To photocopy
Conjugation
Conjugation of photocopier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | photocopier | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | photocopiant /fɔ.to.kɔ.pjɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | photocopié /fɔ.to.kɔ.pje/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | photocopie /fɔ.to.kɔ.pi/ |
photocopies /fɔ.to.kɔ.pi/ |
photocopie /fɔ.to.kɔ.pi/ |
photocopions /fɔ.to.kɔ.pjɔ̃/ |
photocopiez /fɔ.to.kɔ.pje/ |
photocopient /fɔ.to.kɔ.pi/ |
imperfect | photocopiais /fɔ.to.kɔ.pjɛ/ |
photocopiais /fɔ.to.kɔ.pjɛ/ |
photocopiait /fɔ.to.kɔ.pjɛ/ |
photocopiions /fɔ.to.kɔ.pi.jɔ̃/ |
photocopiiez /fɔ.to.kɔ.pi.je/ |
photocopiaient /fɔ.to.kɔ.pjɛ/ | |
past historic2 | photocopiai /fɔ.to.kɔ.pje/ |
photocopias /fɔ.to.kɔ.pja/ |
photocopia /fɔ.to.kɔ.pja/ |
photocopiâmes /fɔ.to.kɔ.pjam/ |
photocopiâtes /fɔ.to.kɔ.pjat/ |
photocopièrent /fɔ.to.kɔ.pjɛʁ/ | |
future | photocopierai /fɔ.to.kɔ.pi.ʁe/ |
photocopieras /fɔ.to.kɔ.pi.ʁa/ |
photocopiera /fɔ.to.kɔ.pi.ʁa/ |
photocopierons /fɔ.to.kɔ.pi.ʁɔ̃/ |
photocopierez /fɔ.to.kɔ.pi.ʁe/ |
photocopieront /fɔ.to.kɔ.pi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | photocopierais /fɔ.to.kɔ.pi.ʁɛ/ |
photocopierais /fɔ.to.kɔ.pi.ʁɛ/ |
photocopierait /fɔ.to.kɔ.pi.ʁɛ/ |
photocopierions /fɔ.to.kɔ.pi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
photocopieriez /fɔ.to.kɔ.pi.ʁje/ |
photocopieraient /fɔ.to.kɔ.pi.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | photocopie /fɔ.to.kɔ.pi/ |
photocopies /fɔ.to.kɔ.pi/ |
photocopie /fɔ.to.kɔ.pi/ |
photocopiions /fɔ.to.kɔ.pi.jɔ̃/ |
photocopiiez /fɔ.to.kɔ.pi.je/ |
photocopient /fɔ.to.kɔ.pi/ |
imperfect2 | photocopiasse /fɔ.to.kɔ.pjas/ |
photocopiasses /fɔ.to.kɔ.pjas/ |
photocopiât /fɔ.to.kɔ.pja/ |
photocopiassions /fɔ.to.kɔ.pja.sjɔ̃/ |
photocopiassiez /fɔ.to.kɔ.pja.sje/ |
photocopiassent /fɔ.to.kɔ.pjas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | photocopie /fɔ.to.kɔ.pi/ |
— | photocopions /fɔ.to.kɔ.pjɔ̃/ |
photocopiez /fɔ.to.kɔ.pje/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Related terms
Further reading
- “photocopier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.