"xerox" meaning in English

See xerox in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈzɛ.ɹɒks/ [UK], /ˈziː(ə)ɹ.ɑks/ [US], /ˈseɾoks/ [Philippines] Audio: En-au-xerox.ogg Forms: xeroxes [plural]
Etymology: Genericized trademark from Xerox (“a photocopier”), from xerography, from Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós, “dry”) and γραφή (graphḗ, “writing”). Etymology templates: {{gentrade|en}} Genericized trademark, {{uder|en|grc|ξηρός||dry}} Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós, “dry”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} xerox (plural xeroxes)
  1. (Philippines, India, dated in Canada, US, colloquial, informal) A photocopy. Tags: India, Philippines, US, colloquial, dated, informal
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  2. (dated, Canada, US, colloquial, informal) A photocopier. Tags: Canada, US, colloquial, dated, informal
    Sense id: en-xerox-en-noun-oZklI3zX Categories (other): American English, Canadian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: photocopy, xerox copy, Xerox Derived forms: xerocracy, Xerox art, xerox copy, xeroxlore, xerox machine, xeroxable, xeroxer

Verb

IPA: /ˈzɛ.ɹɒks/ [UK], /ˈziː(ə)ɹ.ɑks/ [US], /ˈseɾoks/ [Philippines] Audio: En-au-xerox.ogg Forms: xeroxes [present, singular, third-person], xeroxing [participle, present], xeroxed [participle, past], xeroxed [past]
Etymology: Genericized trademark from Xerox (“a photocopier”), from xerography, from Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós, “dry”) and γραφή (graphḗ, “writing”). Etymology templates: {{gentrade|en}} Genericized trademark, {{uder|en|grc|ξηρός||dry}} Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós, “dry”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} xerox (third-person singular simple present xeroxes, present participle xeroxing, simple past and past participle xeroxed)
  1. (Philippines, India, dated in Canada, US, colloquial, informal) To make a paper copy or copies by means of a photocopier. Tags: India, Philippines, US, colloquial, dated, informal Synonyms (make a paper copy): copy, photocopy Translations (to make photocopies): копи́рам (kopíram) [imperfective, perfective] (Bulgarian), fotocopiar (Catalan), seroks (Cebuano), 複印 (Chinese Mandarin), 复印 (fùyìn) (Chinese Mandarin), fotokopiëren (Dutch), kopiëren (Dutch), fotokopii (Esperanto), kopioida (Finnish), fotokopieren (German), xeroxozik (Hungarian), photocopiar (Interlingua), xeroxar (Interlingua), fótachóipeáil (Irish), fotocopiare (Italian), xerocopiare (Italian), 複写する (fukusha suru) (Japanese), コピーする (kopī suru) (Japanese), ゼロックスする (zerokkusu suru) [slang] (Japanese), झेरॉक्स करणे (jherŏksa karṇe) (Marathi), kserować [imperfective] (Polish), skserować [perfective] (Polish), fotocopiar (Portuguese), xerocar (Portuguese), xeroxa (Romanian), ксерокопи́ровать (kserokopírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отксерокопи́ровать (otkserokopírovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), фотокопи́ровать (fotokopírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отфотокопи́ровать (otfotokopírovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ксе́рить (kséritʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отксе́рить (otkséritʹ) [perfective] (Russian), xeroxovať (Slovak), kopírovať (Slovak), fotiť (Slovak), fotokopirati (Slovene), fotocopiar (Spanish), ranka (Swedish), kopiera (Swedish), fotokopiera (Swedish), stencilera (Swedish), seroks (Tagalog), iseroks (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-xerox-en-verb-~qO8hcbR Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, Indian English, Philippine English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Xerox Derived forms: xeroxable, xeroxer

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "to make photocopies",
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          "sense": "to make photocopies",
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          "sense": "to make photocopies",
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          "word": "コピーする"
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          "sense": "to make photocopies",
          "word": "झेरॉक्स करणे"
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          "sense": "to make photocopies",
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          "sense": "to make photocopies",
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      "word": "fotokopieren"
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      "word": "xeroxozik"
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      "sense": "to make photocopies",
      "word": "photocopiar"
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      "word": "fótachóipeáil"
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      "sense": "to make photocopies",
      "word": "fotocopiare"
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      "sense": "to make photocopies",
      "word": "xerocopiare"
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      "roman": "fukusha suru",
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      "word": "複写する"
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      "word": "コピーする"
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      "sense": "to make photocopies",
      "word": "झेरॉक्स करणे"
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      "sense": "to make photocopies",
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      "sense": "to make photocopies",
      "word": "fotocopiar"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make photocopies",
      "word": "xerocar"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make photocopies",
      "word": "xeroxa"
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      "roman": "kserokopírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to make photocopies",
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      "word": "ксерокопи́ровать"
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      "sense": "to make photocopies",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "fotokopírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to make photocopies",
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      "word": "фотокопи́ровать"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otfotokopírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to make photocopies",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "отфотокопи́ровать"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "to make photocopies",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "to make photocopies",
      "word": "xeroxovať"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to make photocopies",
      "word": "kopírovať"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "to make photocopies",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to make photocopies",
      "word": "ranka"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to make photocopies",
      "word": "kopiera"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make photocopies",
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    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to make photocopies",
      "word": "stencilera"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "to make photocopies",
      "word": "seroks"
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      "sense": "to make photocopies",
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