noun
Meaning 1
A copy or reproduction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
facsimile
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK, US: /fækˈsɪm.ə.li/
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CMU ARPABET: F AE0 K S IH1 M AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Reproduction in the exact form as the original.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A fax, a machine for making and sending copies of printed material and images via radio or telephone network.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 4
The image sent by the machine itself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To send via a facsimile machine; to fax.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 6
To make a copy of; to reproduce.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 7
duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: facsimile machine, fax
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: duplicator, copier
noun
Meaning 8
an exact copy or reproduction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: autotype
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: copy
verb
Meaning 9
send something via a facsimile machine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Can you fax me the report right away?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fax, telefax
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: telecommunicate
History
Etymology
From Latin fac simile (“make like”), from fac (“make”) (imperative of facere (“make”)) + simile (neuter of similis (“like, similar”)).
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: facsímil — copy or reproduction
- Catalan: facsímil — copy or reproduction
- Chinese Mandarin: 影印 (yǐngyìn) — copy or reproduction
- Esperanto: faksimilo — copy or reproduction
- Estonian: faksiimile — copy or reproduction
- Finnish: jäljennös — copy or reproduction
- Finnish: faksimile — copy or reproduction
- French: fac-similé — copy or reproduction
- Galician: facsímile — copy or reproduction
- Georgian: ფაქსიმილე (paksimile) — copy or reproduction
- Georgian: ასლი (asli) — copy or reproduction
- German: Faksimile — copy or reproduction
- German: Reproduktion — copy or reproduction
- Hungarian: fakszimile — copy or reproduction
- Ido: faksimilo — copy or reproduction
- Irish: macasamhail — copy or reproduction
- Latvian: faksimils — copy or reproduction
- Polish: faksymile — copy or reproduction
- Portuguese: fac-símile — copy or reproduction
- Romanian: facsimil — copy or reproduction
- Russian: факси́миле (faksímile) — copy or reproduction
- Russian: ко́пия (kópija) — copy or reproduction
- Spanish: facsímil — copy or reproduction
- Swedish: faksimil — copy or reproduction
- Turkish: tıpkıbasım — copy or reproduction
- Welsh: cyfargraff — copy or reproduction
- Finnish: faksi — fax machine
- French: fax — fax machine
- French: télécopieur — fax machine
- Ido: faxilo — fax machine
- Japanese: ファックス (fakkusu) — fax machine
- Japanese: ファクシミリ (fakusimiri) — fax machine
- Portuguese: fax — fax machine
- Russian: факс (faks) — fax machine
- Finnish: faksi — image
- Japanese: ファクシミリ (fakushimiri) — image
- Korean: 팩시밀리 (paeksimilli) — image
- Russian: факси́миле (faksímile) — image
- Russian: факс (faks) — image
Real reading context