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copier

/ˈkɒpiə/KAH-pee-ur
/ˈkɑpiɚ/KAH-pee-ur

Meaningone that copies

Common meaning: a copying machine

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ap-‘seize, attain, bind’source
  2. Latincopia‘plenty’source
  3. Frenchcopiesource
  4. Englishcopy‘a duplicate’
  5. Englishformed in English from copycopier‘a copying machine’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from copy + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), COPY, p.134 · scan

Source words

  • copia Latin · source word “plenty”

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