"copier" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒpɪə/ [UK], /ˈkɑpiɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-copier.wav [Southern-England] Forms: copiers [plural]
Etymology: copy + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|copy|er|id2=agent noun}} copy + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} copier (plural copiers)
  1. A machine that copies graphical material; a duplicator. Synonyms (machine): duplicator, copy machine, xerox machine, xerox, xeroxer Translations (machine): պատճենահան (patčenahan) (Armenian), copiadora [feminine] (Catalan), kopírka [feminine] (Czech), kopieerapparaat (Dutch), kopiokone (Finnish), copieur (French), Kopierer [masculine] (German), Kopiergerät [neuter] (German), αντιγραφέας (antigraféas) [masculine] (Greek), αντιγραφικό μηχάνημα (antigrafikó michánima) [neuter] (Greek), φωτοτυπικό μηχάνημα (fototypikó michánima) [neuter] (Greek), fénymásoló (Hungarian), duplikato (Ido), копир (kopir) [masculine] (Macedonian), copiadora [feminine] (Portuguese), xerox [masculine] (Portuguese), kopiator [common-gender] (Swedish), kopieringsmaskin [common-gender] (Swedish), kopieringsapparat [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-copier-en-noun-Em-K7x4K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 6 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 75 8 17 Disambiguation of 'machine': 100 0 0 Disambiguation of 'machine': 100 0 0
  2. A person who copies documents. Translations (person): jäljentäjä (Finnish), kopisti (Finnish), copiste [feminine, masculine] (French), αντιγραφέας (antigraféas) [masculine] (Greek), copiador [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-copier-en-noun-HZbNV7tn Disambiguation of 'person': 0 100 0
  3. (computing) A program or process that copies. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-copier-en-noun-Dqi-3ZQb Categories (other): English terms with collocations Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: copyist (english: writing by hand) [person], xeroxer (english: using a photocopier) [person] Hyponyms: laser copier, photocopier, xerox machine, xerography machine

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