photocopy

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photocopy

  • /ˈfəʊtəˌkɒpi/

noun photocopies

  1. A copy made using a photocopier.

    Similar: copy, photostat, xerox, xerox copy

verb photocopies · photocopying · photocopied

  1. transitive To make a copy using a photocopier. ‘I don’t need to read it. The relevant passages have been photocopied for me.’

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noun copy made using a photocopier

Españolfotocopia
日本語ゼロックス zerokkusu, フォトコピー fotokopī, 複写 fukusha
中文複印件 /复印件 fùyìnjiàn, 影印本 yǐngyìnběn
Kiswahilifotokopi
Portuguêsfotocópia, xerox
Françaisphotocopie
DeutschFotokopie, Photokopie, Xerokopie
Italianofotocopia
Ελληνικάφωτοτυπία fototypía
Русскийксероко́пия kserokópija, фотоко́пия fotokópija
Tiếng Việtphotocopy
עבריתצילום tsilúm

verb to make a copy using a photocopier

Españolfotocopiar
日本語複写する fukusha suru
中文複印 /复印 fùyìn
Portuguêsfotocopiar, xerocar
Deutschfotokopieren, photokopieren
Italianofotocopiare
Ελληνικάφωτοτυπώ fototypó, φωτοαντιγράφω fotoantigráfo
Românăxeroxa, fotocopia
Русскийксерокопи́ровать kserokopírovatʹ, отксерокопи́ровать otkserokopírovatʹ, фотокопи́ровать fotokopírovatʹ, отфотокопи́ровать otfotokopírovatʹ
עבריתצִילֵּם tsilém

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@misc{photocopy_2026,
  title = {photocopy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/photocopy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}