facsimile
/fækˈsɪm.ə.li/
facsimile noun: a copy or reproduction.
Noun
facsimile (countable and uncountable, plural facsimiles or facsimilia)
- A copy or reproduction.
- To paraphrase the critic of the Times, if one may make the facsimile of a human being out of bronze, why not the facsimile of a Brillo carton out of plywood?1964, Arthur Danto, “The Artworld”, in James Matheson Thompson, editor, Twentieth Century Theories of Art, published 1990, § VIII, 540
- Synonyms:
- autotype, copy, reproduction, facsimile reproduction, fax
- Reproduction in the exact form as the original.
- Indeed his rendering is so excellent an example of mediæval learning and latinity that, even at the risk of sating the learned reader with too many antiquities, I have made up my mind to give it in fac-simile, together with an expanded version for the benefit of those who find the contractions...1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
- A fax, a machine for making and sending copies of printed material and images by means of radio or a telephone network.
- The image sent by the machine itself.
Verb
facsimile (third-person singular simple present facsimiles, present participle facsimileing, simple past and past participle facsimiled or facsimilied)
- To send by means of a facsimile machine; to fax.
- To make a copy of; to reproduce.
- “What is a turtle?” asked I, facsimileing the graceful attitude of Don José, and leaning both my arms full-length on the table, while I stared him undauntedly in the face, as if he had been no more than an ordinary man.1851, Rosina Bulwer-Lytton, Miriam Sedley, volume 1, pages 184-185
- The branch at the top [of the figure] is facsimiled from that in the hand of Adam, in Durer’s Adam and Eve.1860, John Ruskin, Modern Painters, volume 5, page 68
facsimile meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
facsimile in Tamil
- உருவ நேர்படி, ஒப்பு நேர்படி, நேர்படி, அசலின் நகல், படியுரு, படங்கள்
facsimile in Urdu
- چربہ
facsimile in Bengali
- হুবহু প্রতিলিপি, কোনো কিছুর সঠিক নকল
facsimile in Malayalam
- തത്തുല്യപ്രതി, ശരിപ്പകർപ്പ്, പ്രതിരൂപം, പ്രതിലിപി
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- facsimile in Kannada
- ಯಥಾವತ್ತಾದ ನಕಲು, ಪಡಿಯಚ್ಚು, ಯಥಾಪ್ರತಿ, ಮಾರ್ಪು
Synonyms of facsimile
- autotype
- copy
- reproduction
- facsimile reproduction
- fax
- facsimile machine
- fax machine
- telefax
Forms of facsimile
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | facsimiles |
| plural | facsimilia |
| alternative form | fac-simile |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | facsimiles |
| present participle | facsimileing |
| past participle | facsimiled |
| past | facsimiled |
| past participle | facsimilied |
| past | facsimilied |
Origin of facsimile
From Latin fac simile (“make like”), from fac (“make”) (imperative of facere (“make”)) + simile (neuter of similis (“like, similar”)).
Words formed from facsimile
Phrases with facsimile
Questions about facsimile
- What does facsimile mean?
- Facsimile means a copy or reproduction.
- What is facsimile in Tamil?
- Facsimile in Tamil is உருவ நேர்படி, ஒப்பு நேர்படி, நேர்படி. See Facsimile meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is facsimile?
- Facsimile can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce facsimile?
- Facsimile is pronounced /fækˈsɪm.ə.li/ (UK).
- What is the plural of facsimile?
- The plural of facsimile is facsimiles.
Words near facsimile in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: facsimile (page history and authors); facsimile (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); facsimile (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Facsimile (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); facsimile (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); facsimile (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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