Dictionary

xerox en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈziː(ə)ɹ.ɑks/ (US)
• (Australia) audio
• [ˈseɾoks] (Philippines)
• /ˈzɛ.ɹɒks/ (UK)

Etymology

Genericized trademark from Xerox (“a photocopier”), from xerography, from Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós, “dry”) and γραφή (graphḗ, “writing”).

Meanings

1. (colloquial, informal) A xerograph (copy).
   • There were twenty pictures in the envelope, xeroxes but clear enough. They documented the scene pretty much as I imagined it. 2009, David Ebershoff, The 19th Wife, Random House, →ISBN, page 142:
   • Near-synonyms: photocopy (broadly synonymous), photostat (broadly synonymous)
   • Hand me that xerox, would you?
2. (colloquial, informal) A xerographer (machine).
   • The xerox broke down yesterday.
   • Near-synonyms: photocopier, photoduplicator, copier (broadly synonymous), photostat (broadly synonymous)

Forms

Deriveds

xeroxable · xerocracy · Xerox art · xerox copy · xerox machine · xeroxlore · xeroxer

Hypernyms

duplicate · copier · duplicate · copy

Synonyms

photostat · xerox copy · photoduplicator · copier · xerox machine · photostat · photocopier · photocopy

xerox en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈziː(ə)ɹ.ɑks/ (US)
• (Australia) audio
• [ˈseɾoks] (Philippines)
• /ˈzɛ.ɹɒks/ (UK)

Etymology

Genericized trademark from Xerox (“a photocopier”), from xerography, from Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós, “dry”) and γραφή (graphḗ, “writing”).

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To make a copy using a xerographer.
   • Near-synonyms: photocopy, photoduplicate (broadly synonymous), photostat (broadly synonymous)
   • I xeroxed the report for all the people at the meeting.

Forms

Coordinates

mimeo · mimeograph · ditto

Deriveds

xeroxable · xeroxer

Hypernyms

copy · reproduce

Synonyms

photocopy · xerograph · photostat · photoduplicate

Translations (47)

nl fotokopiëren (to make photocopies) · sl fotokopirati (to make photocopies) · ru отксе́рить (to make photocopies) · fi kopioida (to make photocopies) · ms zeroks (to make photocopies) · pt fotocopiar (to make photocopies) · ja 複写する (to make photocopies) · es fotocopiar (to make photocopies) · mr झेरॉक्स करणे (to make photocopies) · ro xeroxa (to make photocopies) · sv fotokopiera (to make photocopies) · cmn 複印 /复印 (to make photocopies) · nl kopiëren (to make photocopies) · it xerocopiare (to make photocopies) · ja コピーする (to make photocopies) · pt xerocar (to make photocopies) · hi ज़ेरॉक्स करना (to make photocopies) · ru ксерокопи́ровать (to make photocopies) · sk fotiť (to make photocopies) · bg копи́рам (to make photocopies) · ru отфотокопи́ровать (to make photocopies) · kix thàng (to make photocopies) · ia photocopiar (to make photocopies) · tl iseroks (to make photocopies) · pl fotokopiować (to make photocopies) · hi ज़िरोक्स करना (to make photocopies) · ga fótachóipeáil (to make photocopies) · de fotokopieren (to make photocopies) · ja ゼロックスする (to make photocopies) · hu xeroxozik (to make photocopies) · ia xeroxar (to make photocopies) · tl seroks (to make photocopies) · sv stencilera (to make photocopies) · pl kserować (to make photocopies) · sv ranka (to make photocopies) · ceb seroks (to make photocopies) · it fotocopiare (to make photocopies) · ru фотокопи́ровать (to make photocopies) · sk xeroxovať (to make photocopies) · pl skserować (to make photocopies) · sk kopírovať (to make photocopies) · ru отксерокопи́ровать (to make photocopies) · eo fotokopii (to make photocopies) · ru ксе́рить (to make photocopies) · ca fotocopiar (to make photocopies) · sv kopiera (to make photocopies) · pl sfotokopiować (to make photocopies)