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Webster 1913 Edition
Copier
1.
One who copies; one who writes or transcribes from an original; a transcriber.
2.
An imitator; one who imitates an example; hence, a plagiarist.
Webster 1828 Edition
Copier
COPIER
, COPYIST,Noun.
Definition 2025
copier
copier
English
Noun
copier (plural copiers)
- A machine that copies graphical material; a duplicator.
- A person who copies documents.
- (computing) A program or process that copies.
- a file copier; a disk copier
Synonyms
(machine):
Hyponyms
(machine): (one particular kind of copier)
- photocopier
- xerox machine
- xerography machine
Translations
machine
person
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin copiare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.pje/
Verb
copier
- to copy
Conjugation
Conjugation of copier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | copier | avoir copié | |||||
| gerund | en copiant | en ayant copié | |||||
| present participle | copiant /kɔ.pjɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | copié /kɔ.pje/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | copie /kɔ.pi/ |
copies /kɔ.pi/ |
copie /kɔ.pi/ |
copions /kɔ.pjɔ̃/ |
copiez /kɔ.pje/ |
copient /kɔ.pi/ |
| imperfect | copiais /kɔ.pjɛ/ |
copiais /kɔ.pjɛ/ |
copiait /kɔ.pjɛ/ |
copiions /kɔ.pi.jɔ̃/ |
copiiez /kɔ.pi.je/ |
copiaient /kɔ.pjɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | copiai /kɔ.pje/ |
copias /kɔ.pja/ |
copia /kɔ.pja/ |
copiâmes /kɔ.pjam/ |
copiâtes /kɔ.pjat/ |
copièrent /kɔ.pjɛʁ/ |
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| future | copierai /kɔ.pi.ʁe/ |
copieras /kɔ.pi.ʁa/ |
copiera /kɔ.pi.ʁa/ |
copierons /kɔ.pi.ʁɔ̃/ |
copierez /kɔ.pi.ʁe/ |
copieront /kɔ.pi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | copierais /kɔ.pi.ʁɛ/ |
copierais /kɔ.pi.ʁɛ/ |
copierait /kɔ.pi.ʁɛ/ |
copierions /kɔ.pi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
copieriez /kɔ.pi.ʁje/ |
copieraient /kɔ.pi.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | copie /kɔ.pi/ |
copies /kɔ.pi/ |
copie /kɔ.pi/ |
copiions /kɔ.pi.jɔ̃/ |
copiiez /kɔ.pi.je/ |
copient /kɔ.pi/ |
| imperfect1 |
copiasse /kɔ.pjas/ |
copiasses /kɔ.pjas/ |
copiât /kɔ.pja/ |
copiassions /kɔ.pja.sjɔ̃/ |
copiassiez /kɔ.pja.sje/ |
copiassent /kɔ.pjas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | copie /kɔ.pi/ |
— | copions /kɔ.pjɔ̃/ |
copiez /kɔ.pje/ |
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