xerox

See also: Xerox

English

Alternative forms

• Xerox

Etymology

Genericized trademark from Xerox (“a photocopier”), from xerography, from Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós, “dry”) and γραφή (graphḗ, “writing”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈzɛ.ɹɒks/

  Hyphenation: xe‧rox

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈziː(ə)ɹ.ɑks/

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

  Hyphenation: xer‧ox

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˈseɾoks/

Noun

xerox (plural xeroxes)

1. (Philippines, India, dated in Canada, US, colloquial, informal) A photocopy.

   Hand me that xerox, would you?

   • 2009, David Ebershoff, The 19th Wife, Random House, →ISBN, page 142:

     There were twenty pictures in the envelope, xeroxes but clear enough. They documented the scene pretty much as I imagined it.

2. (dated, Canada, US, colloquial, informal) A photocopier.

   The xerox broke down yesterday.

Synonyms

• photocopy
• xerox copy

Derived terms

• xerocracy
• xeroxable
• Xerox art
• xerox copy
• xeroxer
• xeroxlore
• xerox machine

Verb

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

1. (Philippines, India, dated in Canada, US, colloquial, informal) 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

Derived terms

• xeroxer
• xeroxable

Translations

to make photocopies

• Bulgarian: копи́рам (bg) impf or pf (kopíram)
• Catalan: fotocopiar (ca)
• Cebuano: seroks
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 複印 / 复印 (zh) (fùyìn)

• Dutch: fotokopiëren (nl), kopiëren (nl)
• Esperanto: fotokopii
• Finnish: kopioida (fi)
• German: fotokopieren (de)
• Hindi: ज़िरोक्स करना (ziroks karnā), ज़ेरॉक्स करना (zerŏks karnā)
• Hungarian: xeroxozik (hu)
• Interlingua: photocopiar, xeroxar
• Irish: fótachóipeáil
• Italian: fotocopiare (it), xerocopiare
• Japanese: 複写する (ja) (fukusha suru), コピーする (ja) (kopī suru), ゼロックスする (zerokkusu suru) (slang)
• Khiamniungan Naga: thàng
• Marathi: झेरॉक्स करणे (jherŏksa karṇe)
• Polish: kserować (pl) impf, skserować pf, fotokopiować impf, sfotokopiować 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), ксе́рить (ru) impf (kséritʹ), отксе́рить (ru) pf (otkséritʹ)
• Slovak: xeroxovať, kopírovať, fotiť
• Slovene: fotokopirati
• Spanish: fotocopiar (es)
• Swedish: ranka (sv), kopiera (sv), fotokopiera, stencilera
• Tagalog: seroks (tl), iseroks

See also

• Wikipedia article concerning Xerox trademark

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈksɛroks]
• Hyphenation: xe‧rox
• Rhymes: -oks

Noun

xerox (plural xeroxok)

1. photocopy; xerox (copy of a document made using a photocopier)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	xerox	xeroxok
accusative	xeroxot	xeroxokat
dative	xeroxnak	xeroxoknak
instrumental	xeroxszal	xeroxokkal
causal-final	xeroxért	xeroxokért
translative	xeroxszá	xeroxokká
terminative	xeroxig	xeroxokig
essive-formal	xeroxként	xeroxokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	xeroxban	xeroxokban
superessive	xeroxon	xeroxokon
adessive	xeroxnál	xeroxoknál
illative	xeroxba	xeroxokba
sublative	xeroxra	xeroxokra
allative	xeroxhoz	xeroxokhoz
elative	xeroxból	xeroxokból
delative	xeroxról	xeroxokról
ablative	xeroxtól	xeroxoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	xeroxé	xeroxoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	xeroxéi	xeroxokéi

Possessive forms of xerox

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	xeroxom	xeroxaim
2nd person sing.	xeroxod	xeroxaid
3rd person sing.	xeroxa	xeroxai
1st person plural	xeroxunk	xeroxaink
2nd person plural	xeroxotok	xeroxaitok
3rd person plural	xeroxuk	xeroxaik

Derived terms

• xeroxgép
• xeroxmásolat
• xeroxol
• xeroxozik

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• xérox

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Xerox.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.ɾɔks/, /ʃɛˈɾɔks/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɛˈɾɔks/

Noun

xerox m (plural xerox or xeroxes)

1. photocopy; xerox (copy of a document made using a photocopier)
2. photocopier; copier (machine which makes copies of paper documents)
3. a shop where photocopying and related services are offered

Synonyms

• (photocopy): fotocópia
• (photocopier): fotocopiadora

Derived terms

• xerocar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Xerox (“a photocopier”) (originally a trademark), from xerography, from Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós, “dry”) and γραφή (graphḗ, “writing”).

Noun

xerox n (plural xeroxuri)

1. photocopier

   Synonym: copiator

Declension

Declension of xerox

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	xerox	xeroxul		xeroxe	xeroxele
genitive-dative	xerox	xeroxului		xeroxe	xeroxelor
vocative	xeroxule			xeroxelor

Derived terms

• xeroxa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• seroks
• zerox

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English xerox, a genericized trademark from the company, Xerox.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈseɾoks/ [ˈsɛː.ɾoks]
• Rhymes: -eɾoks
• Syllabification: xe‧rox

Noun

xerox (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜇᜓᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔)

1. xerography
2. photocopy

Derived terms

• i-xerox
• ipa-xerox
• mag-xerox
• magpa-xerox
• pag-xerox
• pagka-xerox
• taga-xerox

Further reading

• “xerox”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “xerox”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018