photocopier
photocopier noun: a machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates.
Noun
photocopier (plural photocopiers)
- A machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates.
- Near-synonyms: (all broadly synonymous) xerox machine, xerographer, xerox, photostat, laser copier
- Now the chintzy nameplate is all that distinguishes his work space from those of the photocopier repairperson, diet food company, and kitchen designer down the hall.1998 December 18, Peter Margasak, “Punk Planet's New Atmosphere”, in Chicago Reader
- Synonyms:
- photoduplicator, xerox machine, xerographer, xerox, photostat, laser copier
photocopier meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Arabic
photocopier in Tamil
- நகலி, நகலெடுப்பான்
photocopier in Bengali
- machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
- আলোক চিত্রানুলিপিকারক alōk citranulipikarok, আলোক চিত্রানুলিপি যন্ত্র alōk citranulipi jontro
photocopier in Malayalam
- machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
- കോപിയർ kōpiyaṟ
photocopier in Arabic
- machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
- نَاسِخَة nāsiḵa, نَاسِخَة ضَوْئِيَّة nāsiḵa ḍawʔiyya
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- photocopier in Malay
- mesin fotokopi, mesin fotostat
- photocopier in Indonesian
- fotostat, mesin fotokopi, mesin salin sinar, penyalin cahaya
- photocopier in Thai
- เครื่องถ่ายเอกสาร krʉ̂ʉang-tàai-èek-gà-sǎan
- photocopier in Vietnamese
- máy sao chụp, máy sao chụp tự động, máy sao chụp tài liệu
- photocopier in Myanmar
- မိတ္တူကူးစက် mittuku:cak
Synonyms of photocopier
Forms of photocopier
| plural | photocopiers |
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Origin of photocopier
From photocopy + -er.
Questions about photocopier
- What does photocopier mean?
- Photocopier means a machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates.
- What is photocopier in Tamil?
- Photocopier in Tamil is நகலி, நகலெடுப்பான். See Photocopier meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is photocopier?
- Photocopier is a noun.
- What is the plural of photocopier?
- The plural of photocopier is photocopiers.
Words near photocopier in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: photocopier (page history and authors); photocopier (Tamil 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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