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facsimile
- /fækˈsɪm.ə.li/ UK, US
Where it comes from
From Latin fac simile (“make like”), from fac (“make”) (imperative of facere (“make”)) + simile (neuter of similis (“like, similar”)).
noun facsimiles · facsimilia · fac-simile
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A copy or reproduction.
To paraphrase the critic of the Times, if one may make the facsimile of a human being out of bronze, why not the facsimile of a Brillo carton out of plywood?
Similar: autotype, copy, reproduction, facsimile reproduction, fax
- Reproduction in the exact form as the original. Indeed his rendering is so excellent an example of mediæval learning and latinity that, even at the risk of sating the learned reader with too many antiquities, I have made up my mind to give it in fac-simile, together with an expanded version for the benefit of those who find the contractions troub
- A fax, a machine for making and sending copies of printed material and images by means of radio or a telephone network.
- The image sent by the machine itself.
Similar: facsimile machine, fax, fax machine
verb facsimiles · facsimileing · facsimiled · facsimilied
- To send by means of a facsimile machine; to fax.
- To make a copy of; to reproduce. “What is a turtle?” asked I, facsimileing the graceful attitude of Don José, and leaning both my arms full-length on the table, while I stared him undauntedly in the face, as if he had been no more than an ordinary man.
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noun
Similar: facsimile machine, fax, fax machine
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noun copy or reproduction
| Español | facsímil |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 팩시밀리 paeksimilli |
| 日本語 | ファクシミリ fakushimiri |
| 中文 | 影印 yǐngyìn |
| Português | fac-símile |
| Français | fac-similé |
| Deutsch | Faksimile, Reproduktion |
| Ελληνικά | πανομοιότυπο panomoiótypo |
| Română | facsimil |
| Русский | факси́миле faksímile, ко́пия kópija |
noun fax machine
| 日本語 | ファックス fakkusu, ファクシミリ fakusimiri |
|---|---|
| Português | fax |
| Français | fax, télécopieur |
| Русский | факс faks |
noun image
| 한국어 | 팩시밀리 paeksimilli |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ファクシミリ fakushimiri |
| Русский | факси́миле faksímile, факс faks |
Talk about this word "facsimile." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/facsimile. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. facsimile. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/facsimile "facsimile." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/facsimile.Cite this
@misc{facsimile_2026,
title = {facsimile},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/facsimile},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
