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xerox¹

  • /ˈzɛɹ.ɒks/ UK
  • /ˈziː.ɹɑks/ UK
  • /ˈzi(ə).ɹɑks/ Atlantic Canada, US
  • /ˈzi.ɹɒks/ Boston, Canada, Maine
  • /ˈzeɹ.ɔks/ Australia
  • [ˈseɾoks] Philippines

Where it comes from

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

noun xeroxes · Xerox

  1. colloquial, informal A xerograph (copy). Near-synonyms: photocopy (broadly synonymous), photostat (broadly synonymous)

    Similar: xerox copy, photocopy, photostat

  2. colloquial, informal A xerographer (machine). Near-synonyms: photocopier, photoduplicator, copier (broadly synonymous), photostat (broadly synonymous)

    Similar: xerox machine, photocopier, photoduplicator, copier, photostat

verb xeroxes · xeroxing · xeroxed · Xerox

  1. ambitransitive To make a copy using a xerographer. Near-synonyms: photocopy, photoduplicate (broadly synonymous), photostat (broadly synonymous)

    Similar: xerograph, photocopy, photoduplicate, photostat

Xerox²

Where it comes from

Genericized trademark; see xerox for more.

noun Xeroxes

  1. Alternative letter-case form of xerox

verb Xeroxes · Xeroxing · Xeroxed

  1. Alternative letter-case form of xerox

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: xerox copy, photocopy, run off, xerographic copier, xerox machine, copy, fuji, haloid, photostat, photocopy art, xerograph, xerox art, copy machine, photoduplicate, xeroprint, photocopier

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verb to make photocopies

Españolfotocopiar
日本語複写する fukusha suru, コピーする kopī suru, ゼロックスする zerokkusu suru
中文複印 /复印 fùyìn
हिन्दीज़िरोक्स करना ziroks karnā, ज़ेरॉक्स करना zerŏks karnā
Portuguêsfotocopiar, xerocar
Deutschfotokopieren
Italianofotocopiare, xerocopiare
Românăxeroxa
Русскийксерокопи́ровать kserokopírovatʹ, отксерокопи́ровать otkserokopírovatʹ, фотокопи́ровать fotokopírovatʹ, отфотокопи́ровать otfotokopírovatʹ, ксе́рить kséritʹ, отксе́рить otkséritʹ

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@misc{xerox_2026,
  title = {xerox},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/xerox},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}