photocopy

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os

Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos

Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos)

Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs)

Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der.

English photo-

English copy

English photocopy

From photo- + copy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfəʊtəˌkɒpi/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

photocopy (plural photocopies)

1. A copy made using a photocopier.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• photocopy art
• photocopylore

Translations

copy made using a photocopier

• Armenian: պատճեն (hy) (patčen), լուսապատճեն (hy) (lusapatčen)
• Azerbaijani: kserokopiya
• 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 (fi)
• French: photocopie (fr) f
• Galician: fotocopia (gl) f
• German: Fotokopie (de) f, Photokopie (de) f, Xerokopie (de) f
• Greek: φωτοτυπία (el) f (fototypía)
• Hebrew: צילום m (tsilúm)
• Hungarian: fénymásolat (hu)
• Indonesian: fotokopi (id), salinan sinar
• 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 (fotoköširme)
• Malay: fotokopi, salinan foto, fotostat (ms)
• Persian: فوتوکپی (fotokopi)
• Polish: ksero (pl) n, kserokopia (pl) f, fotokopia (pl) f
• Portuguese: fotocópia (pt) f, xerox (pt) m
• Russian: ксероко́пия (ru) f (kserokópija), фотоко́пия (ru) f (fotokópija)
• Spanish: fotocopia (es) f
• Swahili: fotokopi
• Swedish: fotokopia
• Tamil: ஒளிநகல் (ta) (oḷinakal), ஜிராக்ஸ் (jirāks)
• 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)

1. (transitive) To make a copy using a photocopier.
   • 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 234:

     ‘I don’t need to read it. The relevant passages have been photocopied for me.’

Derived terms

• photocopiable
• photocopier
• photocopylore

Translations

to make a copy using a photocopier

• Catalan: fotocopiar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 複印 / 复印 (zh) (fùyìn)

• Cornish: liesskrifa
• Czech: kopírovat (cs)
• Danish: fotokopiere
• Dutch: fotokopiëren (nl)
• Esperanto: fotokopii
• Finnish: valokopioida (fi)
• Galician: fotocopiar (gl)
• German: fotokopieren (de), photokopieren (de)
• Greek: φωτοτυπώ (el) (fototypó), φωτοαντιγράφω (fotoantigráfo)
• Hebrew: צִילֵּם (tsilém)
• Hungarian: fénymásol (hu)
• Indonesian: memfotokopi (id)
• 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, fotokopiować impf, sfotokopiować pf
• Portuguese: fotocopiar (pt), xerocar (pt)
• Romanian: xeroxa (ro), fotocopia
• 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