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10 Language-to-English DictionariesKopie
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ko-pi
"Können Sie mir eine Kopie davon machen?"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A photographic copy of a document or other printed material, made using a xerographic or other electrostatic process.
"She made a photocopy of her passport for the visa application."
- 1
To make a photographic copy of a document using a machine.
"Please photocopy these pages before the meeting."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combining form photo- (from Greek phōs, meaning 'light') and copy (from Middle English copie, from Latin copia, meaning 'abundance' or 'transcript'). Coined in the mid-20th century with the advent of xerography and photographic copying technologies to describe the reproduction of documents using light.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Photocopy" is said worldwide
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photocopie
Transliteration: fo-to-ko-pi
"J'ai besoin d'une photocopie de ce document."
Kopie
Transliteration: ko-pi
"Können Sie mir eine Kopie davon machen?"
fotocopia
Transliteration: fo-to-ko-pya
"Ho fatto una fotocopia del contratto."
fotocopia
Transliteration: fo-to-ko-pya
"Necesito hacer una fotocopia de mi identificación."
fotocópia
Transliteration: fo-to-kɔ-pi-a
"Preciso de uma fotocópia deste documento."
फोटोकॉपी
Transliteration: photocopī
"मुझे इस कागज़ की एक फोटोकॉपी चाहिए।"
复印件
Transliteration: fùyìnjiàn
"请帮我复印这份文件。"
복사본
Transliteration: boksabon
"이 문서의 복사본이 필요합니다."
コピー
Transliteration: kopī
"この書類のコピーを取ってください。"
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