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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-carbon copy.wav Forms: carbon copies [plural]
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  1. A copy produced in an alternated stack of ordinary sheets of paper and carbon papers. The pressure applied on the top sheet (by a pen or typewriter) causes every carbon paper to release its carbon cover, thus reproducing the writing on the subjacent layers of paper. Synonyms: cc [abbreviation] Derived forms: blind carbon copy Translations (a copy): 副本 (fùběn) (Chinese Mandarin), průklep [masculine] (Czech), gennemslag [neuter] (Danish), gennemslagskopi (Danish), doorslag [masculine] (Dutch), hiilikopio (Finnish), copie [feminine] (French), Durchschlag [masculine] (German), cóip charbóin [feminine] (Irish), cópia carbono [feminine] (Portuguese), copie [feminine] (Romanian), ко́пия (kópija) [feminine] (Russian), ко́пия че́рез копи́рку (kópija čérez kopírku) [feminine] (Russian), prieklep [masculine] (Slovak), copia [feminine] (Spanish), copia en papel carbón [feminine] (Spanish), siping karbon (Tagalog), copi carbon [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (by extension) Any duplicate. Tags: broadly Translations (duplicate): 副本 (fùběn) (Chinese Mandarin), kopie [feminine] (Czech), kopio (Finnish), copie carbone (French), copie la indigo [feminine] (Romanian), ко́пия (kópija) [feminine] (Russian), дублика́т (dublikát) [masculine] (Russian), duplicado [masculine] (Spanish), copi carbon [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-carbon_copy-en-noun-5gwfx5po Disambiguation of 'duplicate': 0 64 36
  3. (Internet) A duplicate copy of an email. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-carbon_copy-en-noun-jqOstFJq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: carbon-copy

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-carbon copy.wav Forms: carbon copies [present, singular, third-person], carbon copying [participle, present], carbon copied [participle, past], carbon copied [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} carbon copy (third-person singular simple present carbon copies, present participle carbon copying, simple past and past participle carbon copied)
  1. (transitive) To create a carbon copy of. Tags: transitive Translations (to create a carbon copy of): tehdä hiilikopio (Finnish), копи́ровать (kopírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), скопи́ровать (skopírovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), carbon gopïo (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-carbon_copy-en-verb-pMRy1fyg Disambiguation of 'to create a carbon copy of': 96 4
  2. (Internet) To send a duplicate copy of an email to. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet Synonyms: cc [abbreviation] Translations (cc (email)): 抄送 (chāosòng) (Chinese Mandarin), lähettää kopio (Finnish), mettre en copie (French), wysyłać kopię [imperfective] (Polish), wysłać kopię [perfective] (Polish), посыла́ть ко́пию (posylátʹ kópiju) [imperfective] (Russian), посла́ть ко́пию (poslátʹ kópiju) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-carbon_copy-en-verb-en:send_email Disambiguation of 'cc (email)': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: carbon-copy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "blind carbon copy"
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      "roman": "fùběn",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "a copy",
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      "word": "cóip charbóin"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "a copy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "cópia carbono"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "a copy",
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      "sense": "a copy",
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "a copy",
      "word": "siping karbon"
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      "sense": "a copy",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "copie carbone"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to create a carbon copy of",
      "word": "tehdä hiilikopio"
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      "sense": "to create a carbon copy of",
      "word": "carbon gopïo"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chāosòng",
      "sense": "cc (email)",
      "word": "抄送"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cc (email)",
      "word": "lähettää kopio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cc (email)",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "cc (email)",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "posylátʹ kópiju",
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