"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: Etymology tree English copy Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English copier From copy + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|copy|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English copy Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English copier [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "nom.", "keyword_label" : "Nominalization of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āzijos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "nominalization" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ārijaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-ārī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "copier", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="copier"> From 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), kopiarka [feminine] (Polish), kserokopiarka [feminine] (Polish), copiadora [feminine] (Portuguese), xerox [masculine] (Portuguese), kopiator [common-gender] (Swedish), kopieringsmaskin [common-gender] (Swedish), kopieringsapparat [common-gender] (Swedish), copïwr (Welsh)
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  2. A person who copies documents. Translations (person): jäljentäjä (Finnish), kopisti (Finnish), copiste [feminine, masculine] (French), αντιγραφέας (antigraféas) [masculine] (Greek), kopista [masculine, person] (Polish), kopistka [feminine] (Polish), copiador [masculine] (Portuguese)
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  3. (computing) A program or process that copies.
    Sense id: en-copier-en-noun-Dqi-3ZQb Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Computing 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 Derived forms: microcopier, telecopier

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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