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xerox

noun · verb · 8 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈzɛ.ɹɒks/
  • US: /ˈziː(ə)ɹ.ɑks/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Philippines: [ˈseɾoks]
  • CMU ARPABET: Z IH1 R AA0 K S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A xerograph (copy).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, informal

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: photocopy (broadly synonymous), photostat (broadly synonymous)
  • Hand me that xerox, would you?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: xerox copy, photocopy, photostat

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: copy, duplicate

2

noun

Meaning 2

A xerographer (machine).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, informal

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: photocopier, photoduplicator, copier (broadly synonymous), photostat (broadly synonymous)
  • The xerox broke down yesterday.

Meaning relationships

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

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: copier, duplicate

3

noun

Meaning 3

Alternative letter-case form of xerox.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To make a copy using a xerographer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: photocopy, photoduplicate (broadly synonymous), photostat (broadly synonymous)
  • I xeroxed the report for all the people at the meeting.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: xerograph, photocopy, photoduplicate, photostat

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: copy, reproduce

5

verb

Meaning 5

Alternative letter-case form of xerox.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a duplicator (trade mark Xerox) that copies graphic matter by the action of light on an electrically charged photoconductive insulating surface in which the latent image is developed with a resinous powder

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: xerographic copier, Xerox machine

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: duplicator, copier

7

noun

Meaning 7

a copy made by a xerographic printer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: xerox copy

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: copy

8

verb

Meaning 8

reproduce by xerography

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: photocopy, run off

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: reproduce

Narrower terms: microcopy, photostat

History

Etymology

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

Genericized trademark; see xerox for more.

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: копи́рам (kopíram) — to make photocopies
  • Catalan: fotocopiar — to make photocopies
  • Cebuano: seroks — to make photocopies
  • Chinese Mandarin: 複印 /复印 (fùyìn) — to make photocopies
  • Dutch: fotokopiëren — to make photocopies
  • Dutch: kopiëren — to make photocopies
  • Esperanto: fotokopii — to make photocopies
  • Finnish: kopioida — to make photocopies
  • German: fotokopieren — to make photocopies
  • Hindi: ज़िरोक्स करना (ziroks karnā) — to make photocopies
  • Hindi: ज़ेरॉक्स करना (zerŏks karnā) — to make photocopies
  • Hungarian: xeroxozik — to make photocopies
  • Interlingua: photocopiar — to make photocopies
  • Interlingua: xeroxar — to make photocopies
  • Irish: fótachóipeáil — to make photocopies
  • Italian: fotocopiare — to make photocopies
  • Italian: xerocopiare — to make photocopies
  • Japanese: 複写する (fukusha suru) — to make photocopies
  • Japanese: コピーする (kopī suru) — to make photocopies
  • Japanese: ゼロックスする (zerokkusu suru) — to make photocopies
  • Marathi: झेरॉक्स करणे (jherŏksa karṇe) — to make photocopies
  • Khiamniungan Naga: thàng — to make photocopies
  • Polish: kserować — to make photocopies
  • Polish: skserować — to make photocopies
  • Polish: fotokopiować — to make photocopies
  • Polish: sfotokopiować — to make photocopies
  • Portuguese: fotocopiar — to make photocopies
  • Portuguese: xerocar — to make photocopies
  • Romanian: xeroxa — to make photocopies
  • Russian: ксерокопи́ровать (kserokopírovatʹ) — to make photocopies
  • Russian: отксерокопи́ровать (otkserokopírovatʹ) — to make photocopies
  • Russian: фотокопи́ровать (fotokopírovatʹ) — to make photocopies
  • Russian: отфотокопи́ровать (otfotokopírovatʹ) — to make photocopies
  • Russian: ксе́рить (kséritʹ) — to make photocopies
  • Russian: отксе́рить (otkséritʹ) — to make photocopies
  • Slovak: xeroxovať — to make photocopies
  • Slovak: kopírovať — to make photocopies
  • Slovak: fotiť — to make photocopies
  • Slovene: fotokopirati — to make photocopies
  • Spanish: fotocopiar — to make photocopies
  • Swedish: ranka — to make photocopies
  • Swedish: kopiera — to make photocopies
  • Swedish: fotokopiera — to make photocopies
  • Swedish: stencilera — to make photocopies
  • Tagalog: seroks — to make photocopies
  • Tagalog: iseroks — to make photocopies