copier

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English

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Etymology

copy +‎ -er

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒpɪə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑpiɚ/

Noun

copier (plural copiers)

  1. A machine that copies graphical material; a duplicator.
  2. A person who copies documents.
  3. (computing) A program or process that copies.
    a file copier; a disk copier

Synonyms

Hyponyms

(machine): (one particular kind of copier)

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin copiāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

copier

  1. to copy

Conjugation

Conjugation of copier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple copier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple copiant
/kɔ.pjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle copié
/kɔ.pje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(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/
past historic2 copiai
/kɔ.pje/ 		copias
/kɔ.pja/ 		copia
/kɔ.pja/ 		copiâmes
/kɔ.pjam/ 		copiâtes
/kɔ.pjat/ 		copièrent
/kɔ.pjɛʁ/
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/
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/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present copie
/kɔ.pi/ 		copies
/kɔ.pi/ 		copie
/kɔ.pi/ 		copiions
/kɔ.pi.jɔ̃/ 		copiiez
/kɔ.pi.je/ 		copient
/kɔ.pi/
imperfect2 copiasse
/kɔ.pjas/ 		copiasses
/kɔ.pjas/ 		copiât
/kɔ.pja/ 		copiassions
/kɔ.pja.sjɔ̃/ 		copiassiez
/kɔ.pja.sje/ 		copiassent
/kɔ.pjas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — copie
/kɔ.pi/ 		— copions
/kɔ.pjɔ̃/ 		copiez
/kɔ.pje/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Romanian: copia

Further reading

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Norman

Etymology

From Medieval Latin copiāre.

Verb

copier

  1. (Jersey) to copy (produce an object identical to a given object)
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