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Plural of facsimile

regular plural

The plural of facsimile is facsimiles or facsimilia.

Forms of facsimile

Singularfacsimile /fækˈsɪm.ə.li/
Pluralfacsimiles
facsimilia
Countablecountable and uncountable

Facsimiles and facsimilia in a sentence

  • These self-defeating hang-ups are known in Scientologese as “service facsimiles.”1971 September 20, Robert F[rancis] Jones, “The Prime of Mr. John Brodie”, in Sports Illustrated, volume 35, number 12, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry Scientologese
  • Today there are many facsimilia of the relevant manuscripts, either printed or more and more digitalized, hence available as CD-ROMs or in the Internet.2010, Ulrich Müller, “Trobadors, Trouvères, Minnesinger”, in Albrecht Classen, editor, Handbook of Medieval Studies, volume III, 2,127. From the entry facsimilia
  • The edition by Saliou was made with the help of photographs and facsimilia; the height of the letters is given by her according to the facsimilia.2014, Walter Ameling et al. (eds.), Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae III: South Coast: 2161–2648, chapter xxv, 390. From the entry facsimilia

Meaning of facsimile

  1. noun A copy or reproduction.
  2. noun Reproduction in the exact form as the original.
  3. noun A fax, a machine for making and sending copies of printed material and images by means of radio or a telephone network.

Full definition of facsimile

Questions about the plural of facsimile

What is the plural of facsimile?
The plural of facsimile is facsimiles or facsimilia.
Which is correct, facsimiles or facsimilia?
Both are used. facsimiles is the more common of the two in English writing.
Is facsimile countable?
Facsimile is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: facsimile (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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