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photocopier

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: (all broadly synonymous) xerox machine, xerographer, xerox, photostat, laser copier

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: photoduplicator, xerox machine, xerographer, xerox, photostat, laser copier

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: copier

2

noun

Meaning 2

a copier that uses photographic methods of making copies

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: duplicator, copier

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bheh2- Proto-Indo-European *bhéh2os Proto-Hellenic *pháwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English copy English photocopy Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English photocopier From photocopy + -er.

Across languages

Translations

99 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نَاسِخَة (nāsiḵa) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Arabic: نَاسِخَة ضَوْئِيَّة (nāsiḵa ḍawʔiyya) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Armenian: պատճենահան (patčenahan) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Armenian: քսերոքս (kʻserokʻs) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Asturian: fotocopiadora — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Basque: fotokopiagailu — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Belarusian: капірава́льны апара́т (kapiraválʹny aparát) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Belarusian: ксе́ракс (ksjéraks) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Bengali: আলোক চিত্রানুলিপিকারক (alōk citranulipikarok) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Bengali: আলোক চিত্রানুলিপি যন্ত্র (alōk citranulipi jontro) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Bulgarian: копи́рна маши́на (kopírna mašína) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Bulgarian: ксе́рокс (kséroks) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Burmese: မိတ္တူကူးစက် (mittuku:cak) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Catalan: fotocopiadora — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Cherokee: ᎤᏠᏯ ᏗᏟᎶᏍᏗᏍᎩ (utloya ditlilosdisgi) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Chinese Cantonese: 影印機 /影印机 (jing2 jan3 gei1) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Chinese Mandarin: 複印機 /复印机 (fùyìnjī) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Chinese Mandarin: 影印機 /影印机 (yǐngyìnjī) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Cornish: liesskrifell — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Czech: kopírka — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Danish: kopimaskine — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Danish: fotokopimaskine — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Dutch: kopieermachine — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Esperanto: kopiilo — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Estonian: koopiamasin — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Finnish: kopiokone — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Finnish: valokopiokone — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • French: photocopieur — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • French: photocopieuse — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Galician: fotocopiadora — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Georgian: ქსეროაპარატი (kseroaṗaraṭi) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Georgian: ქსეროქსი (kseroksi) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • German: Fotokopierer — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • German: Fotokopiergerät — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • German: Kopiergerät — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Greek: φωτοτυπικό (fototypikó) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Hebrew: מְכוֹנַת צִלּוּם — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Hebrew: מכונת צילום (mekhonát tsilúm) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Hungarian: fénymásoló — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Hungarian: fénymásológép — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Icelandic: ljósritunarvél — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Indonesian: fotostat — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Indonesian: mesin fotokopi — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Indonesian: mesin salin sinar — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Indonesian: penyalin cahaya — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Inuktitut: ᐊᒥᐃᐅᓕᐅᕈ (amiiolioro) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Irish: fótachóipeálaí — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Irish: fótachóipire — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Irish: gléas fótachóipeála — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Italian: fotocopiatrice — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Japanese: 複写機 (fukushaki) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Japanese: コピー機 (kopīki) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Kazakh: еселегіш құрылғы (eselegış qūrylğy) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Korean: 복사기 (boksagi) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Latvian: kopētājs — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Lithuanian: kopijavimo aparatas — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Macedonian: фотоко́пир (fotokópir) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Malay: mesin fotokopi — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Malay: mesin fotostat — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Malayalam: കോപിയർ (kōpiyaṟ) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Māori: mīhini whakaahua — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Māori: pūrere whakaahua — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Mongolian: хувилуур (xuviluur) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Norman: photocopieu — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kopimaskin — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kopieringsmaskin — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Iranian Persian: دَسْتْگاهِ فوتوکُپی (dastgâh-e fotokopi) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Polish: kserokopiarka — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Polish: fotokopiarka — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Polish: kserograf — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Polish: ksero — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Portuguese: xerox — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Portuguese: copiadora — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Romanian: fotocopiator — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Russian: фотокопирова́льное устро́йство (fotokopiroválʹnoje ustrójstvo) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Russian: копирова́льный аппара́т (kopiroválʹnyj apparát) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Russian: ксе́рокс (kséroks) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Russian: копи́р (kopír) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Serbo-Croatian: fotokopirni stroj — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Slovak: kopírka — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Southern Altai: ксерокс (kseroks) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Spanish: fotocopiadora — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Spanish: copiadora — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Swahili: kirudufu — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Swedish: kopiator — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Swedish: kopieringsapparat — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Swedish: kopieringsmaskin — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Swedish: fotostat — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Thai: เครื่องถ่ายเอกสาร (krʉ̂ʉang-tàai-èek-gà-sǎan) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Turkish: fotokopi makinesi — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Ukrainian: копіюва́льний апара́т (kopijuválʹnyj aparát) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Ukrainian: копі́р (kopír) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Ukrainian: ксе́рокс (kséroks) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Uyghur: كۆپەيتىش ماشىنىسى (köpeytish mashinisi) — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Vietnamese: máy sao chụp — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Vietnamese: máy sao chụp tự động — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Vietnamese: máy sao chụp tài liệu — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Welsh: llungopïwr — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
  • Welsh: peiriant llungopïo — machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates