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photocopier
photocopier
English
A Konica Minolta photocopier with an automatic document feeder in use at the School of Law, Singapore Management University
A modern Fuji Xerox photocopier in Taiwan
Noun
photocopier (plural photocopiers)
- A machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates.
Synonyms
- (by ellipsis) copier
Hyponyms
- xerox machine
- xerography machine
Derived terms
- laser copier
- digital copier
Translations
machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates
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French
Etymology
Verb
photocopier
- (transitive) To photocopy
Conjugation
Conjugation of photocopier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | photocopier | avoir photocopié | |||||
| gerund | en photocopiant | en ayant photocopié | |||||
| present participle | photocopiant /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pjɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | photocopié /fɔ.tɔ.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 | photocopie /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pi/ |
photocopies /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pi/ |
photocopie /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pi/ |
photocopions /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pjɔ̃/ |
photocopiez /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pje/ |
photocopient /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pi/ |
| imperfect | photocopiais /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pjɛ/ |
photocopiais /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pjɛ/ |
photocopiait /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pjɛ/ |
photocopiions /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pi.jɔ̃/ |
photocopiiez /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pi.je/ |
photocopiaient /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pjɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | photocopiai /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pje/ |
photocopias /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pja/ |
photocopia /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pja/ |
photocopiâmes /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pjam/ |
photocopiâtes /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pjat/ |
photocopièrent /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pjɛʁ/ |
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| future | photocopierai /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pi.ʁe/ |
photocopieras /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pi.ʁa/ |
photocopiera /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pi.ʁa/ |
photocopierons /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pi.ʁɔ̃/ |
photocopierez /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pi.ʁe/ |
photocopieront /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | photocopierais /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pi.ʁɛ/ |
photocopierais /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pi.ʁɛ/ |
photocopierait /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pi.ʁɛ/ |
photocopierions /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
photocopieriez /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pi.ʁje/ |
photocopieraient /fɔ.tɔ.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 | photocopie /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pi/ |
photocopies /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pi/ |
photocopie /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pi/ |
photocopiions /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pi.jɔ̃/ |
photocopiiez /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pi.je/ |
photocopient /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pi/ |
| imperfect1 |
photocopiasse /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pjas/ |
photocopiasses /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pjas/ |
photocopiât /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pja/ |
photocopiassions /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pja.sjɔ̃/ |
photocopiassiez /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pja.sje/ |
photocopiassent /fɔ.tɔ.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 | – | |
| — | photocopie /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pi/ |
— | photocopions /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pjɔ̃/ |
photocopiez /fɔ.tɔ.kɔ.pje/ |
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