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microfiche

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈmaɪ.kɹəʊˌfiːʃ/
  • US: /ˈmaɪ.kɹoʊˌfiːʃ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: M AY1 K R OW0 F IY2 CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A sheet of microfilm, six by four inches, holding several hundred reduced images of document pages, read using a microfiche reader or microfilm reader.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A device used to magnify and read these sheets.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

verb

Meaning 3

To convert (documents) to microfiche format.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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4

noun

Meaning 4

small sheet of microfilm on which many pages of material have been photographed; a magnification system is used to read the material

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: microfilm

History

Etymology

Etymology tree French micro- French fiche French microfichebor. English microfiche Borrowed from French microfiche.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: mikrofiš — sheet of microfilm
  • Dutch: microfiche — sheet of microfilm
  • Finnish: filmikortti — sheet of microfilm
  • German: Mikrofiche — sheet of microfilm
  • Indonesian: mikrofis — sheet of microfilm
  • Polish: mikrofisza — sheet of microfilm
  • Finnish: mikrofilmien lukulaite — device
  • German: Mikrofiche-Lesegerät — device
  • Polish: mikrofisza — device