"facsimile" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /fækˈsɪm.ə.li/ [UK, US] Audio: En-us-facsimile.ogg [US] Forms: facsimiles [plural], facsimilia [plural]
Etymology: From Latin fac simile (“make like”), from fac (“make”) (imperative of facere (“make”)) + simile (neuter of similis (“like, similar”)). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la||fac simile|make like}} Latin fac simile (“make like”), {{m|la|fac||make}} fac (“make”), {{m|la|facere||make}} facere (“make”), {{m|la|simile}} simile, {{m|la|similis||like, similar}} similis (“like, similar”), {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}} Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|facsimilia}} facsimile (countable and uncountable, plural facsimiles or facsimilia)
  1. (countable) A copy or reproduction. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Telephony Synonyms (copy): autotype, copy, reproduction Synonyms (copy made by a facsimile): facsimile reproduction, fax Translations (copy or reproduction): facsímil [masculine] (Asturian), facsímil [masculine] (Catalan), faksimilo (Esperanto), faksiimile (Estonian), jäljennös (Finnish), faksimile (Finnish), fac-similé [masculine] (French), facsímile [masculine] (Galician), Faksimile [neuter] (German), Reproduktion [feminine] (German), fakszimile [singular] (Hungarian), faksimilo (Ido), faksimils (Latvian), faksymile [neuter, plural] (Polish), fac-símile [masculine] (Portuguese), факси́миле (faksímile) [neuter] (Russian), ко́пия (kópija) [feminine] (Russian), facsímil [masculine] (Spanish), faksimil (Swedish), cyfargraff [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-facsimile-en-noun-Tf9gHbyc Disambiguation of Telephony: 33 4 31 2 29 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 17 15 9 26 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 16 27 3 29 3 Disambiguation of 'copy': 58 24 18 0 Disambiguation of 'copy made by a facsimile': 51 21 20 7 Disambiguation of 'copy or reproduction': 83 13 3 1
  2. (uncountable) Reproduction in the exact form as the original. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-facsimile-en-noun-Wr0JKLDu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 17 15 9 26 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 16 27 3 29 3
  3. A fax, a machine for making and sending copies of printed material and images via radio or telephone network. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Telephony Translations (fax machine): faksi (Finnish), fax [masculine] (French), télécopieur [masculine] (French), faxilo (Ido), ファックス (fakkusu) (Japanese), ファクシミリ (fakusimiri) (Japanese), fax [masculine] (Portuguese), факс (faks) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-facsimile-en-noun-C~A7xMJS Disambiguation of Telephony: 33 4 31 2 29 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 17 15 9 26 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 16 27 3 29 3 Disambiguation of 'fax machine': 3 3 71 23
  4. The image sent by the machine itself. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (image): faksi (Finnish), ファクシミリ (fakushimiri) (Japanese), 팩시밀리 (paeksimilli) (Korean), факси́миле (faksímile) [neuter] (Russian), факс (faks) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-facsimile-en-noun-GtxORzqd Disambiguation of 'image': 0 0 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fac-simile Synonyms (machine): facsimile machine, fax, fax machine
Disambiguation of 'machine': 0 0 50 50

Verb [English]

IPA: /fækˈsɪm.ə.li/ [UK, US] Audio: En-us-facsimile.ogg [US] Forms: facsimiles [present, singular, third-person], facsimileing [participle, present], facsimiling [participle, present], facsimiled [participle, past], facsimiled [past], facsimilied [participle, past], facsimilied [past]
Etymology: From Latin fac simile (“make like”), from fac (“make”) (imperative of facere (“make”)) + simile (neuter of similis (“like, similar”)). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la||fac simile|make like}} Latin fac simile (“make like”), {{m|la|fac||make}} fac (“make”), {{m|la|facere||make}} facere (“make”), {{m|la|simile}} simile, {{m|la|similis||like, similar}} similis (“like, similar”), {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}} Head templates: {{en-verb|facsimiles|facsimileing|facsimiled|past2=facsimilied|pres_ptc2=facsimiling}} facsimile (third-person singular simple present facsimiles, present participle facsimileing or facsimiling, simple past and past participle facsimiled or facsimilied)
  1. (transitive) To send via a facsimile machine; to fax. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Telephony
    Sense id: en-facsimile-en-verb-TjxbISe9 Disambiguation of Telephony: 33 4 31 2 29 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 17 15 9 26 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 16 27 3 29 3
  2. (transitive) To make a copy of; to reproduce. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-facsimile-en-verb-gqqzKCW~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fac-simile, fax, telefax

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for facsimile meaning in All languages combined (12.8kB)

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      "sense": "copy",
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      "sense": "machine",
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    {
      "sense": "machine",
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      "sense": "machine",
      "word": "fax machine"
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      "sense": "copy made by a facsimile",
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    },
    {
      "sense": "copy made by a facsimile",
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    },
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      "code": "ast",
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      "sense": "copy or reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "facsímil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "copy or reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "facsímil"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "copy or reproduction",
      "word": "faksimilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "copy or reproduction",
      "word": "faksiimile"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "copy or reproduction",
      "word": "jäljennös"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "copy or reproduction",
      "word": "faksimile"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "copy or reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fac-similé"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "copy or reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "facsímile"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "copy or reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Faksimile"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "copy or reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Reproduktion"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "copy or reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "fakszimile"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "copy or reproduction",
      "word": "faksimilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "copy or reproduction",
      "word": "faksimils"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "copy or reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "faksymile"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "copy or reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fac-símile"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "faksímile",
      "sense": "copy or reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "факси́миле"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kópija",
      "sense": "copy or reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ко́пия"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "copy or reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "facsímil"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "copy or reproduction",
      "word": "faksimil"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "copy or reproduction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cyfargraff"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "word": "faksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fax machine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fax machine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "télécopieur"
    },
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "fax machine",
      "word": "faxilo"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fakkusu",
      "sense": "fax machine",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fakusimiri",
      "sense": "fax machine",
      "word": "ファクシミリ"
    },
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      "sense": "fax machine",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "image",
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      "word": "팩시밀리"
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      "sense": "image",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "факс"
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