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English
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Etymology
From Middle English copy, copie, from Old French copie (“abundance, plenty; transcript, copy”), from Medieval Latin copia (“reproduction, transcript”), from Latin cōpia (“plenty, abundance”), from *coopia, from co- (“together”) + ops (“wealth, riches”). More at opulent.
Pronunciation
Noun
copy (plural copies)
- The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original.
Please bring me the copies of those reports.
1656, John Denham, preface to The Destruction of Troy:I have not the vanity to think my copy equal to the original.
- An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.
That handbag is a copy. You can tell because the buckle is different.
- (journalism) The text that is to be typeset.
- (journalism) A gender-neutral abbreviation for copy boy.
- (marketing, advertising) The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.
- (uncountable) The text of newspaper articles.
Submit all copy to the appropriate editor.
- A school work pad.
Tim got in trouble for forgetting his maths copy.
- A printed edition of a book or magazine.
Have you seen the latest copy of "Newsweek" yet?
The library has several copies of the Bible.
- Writing paper of a particular size, called also bastard.
- (obsolete) That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example.
His virtues are an excellent copy for imitation.
1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech: An Essay of Inquiry into the Natural Production of Letters: , London: T. N for J Martyn printer to the R Society, , →OCLC:Let him first learn to write, after a copy of all the letters.
- (obsolete) An abundance or plenty of anything.
1599 (first performance; published 1600), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man out of His Humour. A Comicall Satyre. ”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: Will Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):She was blessed with no more copy of wit, but to serve his humour thus.
- (obsolete) copyhold; tenure; lease
c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:But in them nature's copy's not eterne
- (genetics) The result of gene or chromosomal duplication.
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Translations
result of copying
- Albanian: kopje (sq) f
- Arabic: نُسْخَة f (nusḵa)
- Egyptian Arabic: نسخة f (nusḵa)
- Armenian: պատճեն (hy) (patčen)
- Asturian: copia f
- Azerbaijani: surət (az)
- Bashkir: күсермә (küsermə)
- Belarusian: ко́пія f (kópija), дубліка́т m (dublikát)
- Bulgarian: ко́пие (bg) n (kópie)
- Burmese: ကော်ပီ (my) (kaupi), မိတ္တူ (my) (mittu)
- Catalan: còpia (ca) f
- Cebuano: kopya
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 摹本 (zh) (móběn), 副本 (zh) (fùběn), 拷貝/拷贝 (zh) (kǎobèi), 複製/复制 (zh) (fùzhì)
- Czech: kopie (cs) f, rozmnoženina f
- Danish: kopi (da) c
- Dutch: kopie (nl) f, afschrift (nl) n
- Esperanto: kopio
- Estonian: koopia
- Finnish: kopio (fi), jäljennös (fi)
- French: copie (fr) f
- Galician: copia (gl) f
- German: Kopie (de) f
- Greek: αντίγραφο (el) n (antígrafo)
- Ancient: ἀντίγραφον n (antígraphon)
- Hebrew: עותק \ עֹתֶק m (ótek), הֶעֱתֵק (he) m (he'eték)
- Hindi: प्रतिलिपि (hi) f (pratilipi), कापी (hi) f (kāpī)
- Hungarian: másolat (hu), kópia (hu), másodlat (hu), kiadmány (hu)
- Icelandic: eintak n
- Ilocano: kopia
- Indonesian: salin (id)
- Italian: copia (it) f
- Japanese: コピー (ja) (kopī), 複写 (ja) (ふくしゃ, fukusha)
- Kazakh: көшірме (köşırme)
- Khmer: ទុតិយតា (tuteyaʼtaa), សំណាក (km) (sɑmnaak)
- Korean: 모사(模寫) (ko) (mosa)
- Kyrgyz: копия (kopiya), көчүрмө (köcürmö), нуска (nuska)
- Lao: ສຳເນົາ (sam nao)
- Latin: exemplar (la) n
- Latvian: kopija f
- Lithuanian: kopija (lt) f
- Macedonian: копија f (kopija), дуплика́т m (duplikát)
- Malay: salinan (ms)
- Malayalam: പകർപ്പ് (pakaṟpp)
- Maori: kape
- Mirandese: cópia
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kopi m
- Odia: ଉତ୍ତାର (uttarô),ନକଲ (or) (nôkôlô),ଜାଲ୍ (or) (jal),ପ୍ରତିଲିପି (or) (prôtilipi),ପ୍ରତିକୃତି (or) (prôtikruti)
- Persian: رونوشت (fa) (runevešt), کپی (fa) (kopi), پچین (pačin), نسخه (fa) (nosxe), کریز (fa)
- Plautdietsch: Aufbilt n
- Polish: kopia (pl) f, wtórnik (pl)
- Portuguese: cópia (pt) f
- Romanian: copie (ro) f
- Russian: ко́пия (ru) f (kópija), дублика́т (ru) m (dublikát)
- Scottish Gaelic: copaidh m or f, lethbhreac m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ко̑пија f, дуплѝка̄т m, пре̏слика f
- Roman: kȏpija (sh) f, duplìkāt (sh) m, prȅslika (sh) f
- Slovak: kópia f
- Slovene: kopija f, duplikat m
- Spanish: copia (es) f
- Swedish: kopia (sv) c
- Tagalog: kopya, hipno
- Tajik: нусха (nusxa), рунавишт (runavišt), копия (kopiya)
- Tatar: нөсхә (tt) (nösxä)
- Thai: สำเนา (th) (sǎm-nao)
- Turkish: kopya (tr), nüsha (tr), suret (tr)
- Turkmen: nusga, kopiýa
- Ukrainian: ко́пія (uk) f (kópija), дубліка́т m (dublikát)
- Urdu: کاپی f (kāpī)
- Uzbek: kopiya (uz), nusxa (uz), koʻchirma (uz)
- Vietnamese: bản sao (vi)
- Welsh: copi m
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imitation, sometimes of inferior quality
- Bashkir: күсермә (küsermə)
- Belarusian: ко́пія f (kópija), падро́бка f (padróbka)
- Bulgarian: ко́пие (bg) n (kópie)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 剽竊/剽窃 (zh) (piāoqiè)
- Danish: kopi (da)
- Dutch: kopie (nl) f, namaak (nl), nabootsing (nl)
- Finnish: jäljitelmä (fi), jäljennös (fi), kopio (fi)
- French: copie (fr) f
- Greek: κακέκτυπο n (kakéktypo)
- Hebrew: חִקּוּי \ חיקוי (he) m (khikúy)
- Hungarian: utánzat (hu), másolat (hu), reprodukció (hu)
- Italian: copia (it) f, replica (it) f
- Portuguese: cópia (pt) f, réplica (pt) f
- Romanian: copie (ro) f, duplicat (ro) n
- Russian: ко́пия (ru) f (kópija), подде́лка (ru) f (poddélka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ко̑пија f, дуплѝка̄т m
- Roman: kȏpija (sh) f, duplìkāt (sh) m
- Slovene: kopija f
- Swedish: kopia (sv) c
- Ukrainian: ко́пія (uk) f (kópija), підро́бка f (pidróbka)
- Vietnamese: bản nhái
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journalism: text to be typeset
- Bulgarian: материа́л за наби́ране m (materiál za nabírane)
- Dutch: kopij (nl) f
- Finnish: raakateksti
- Hebrew: עותק \ עֹתֶק m (ótek), הֶעֱתֵק (he) m (he'eték), חומר \ חֹמֶר (he) m (khómer), תַּמְלִיל (he) m (tamlíl), כְּתַב יָד (he) m (ktav yad)
- Hungarian: kézirat (hu), anyag (hu)
- Russian: ру́копись (ru) f (rúkopisʹ) (для сда́чи в печа́ть), материа́л (ru) m (materiál) (для статьи́, заме́тки, книги, публика́ции)
- Scottish Gaelic: copaidh m or f, lethbhreac m
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marketing: output of copywriter
text of newspaper articles
printed edition of a book or magazine
- Bashkir: дана (dana)
- Belarusian: ко́пія f (kópija), экзэмпля́р m (ekzempljár)
- Bulgarian: брой (bg) m (broj), екземпля́р (bg) m (ekzempljár)
- Catalan: exemplar (ca) m
- Danish: eksemplar n
- Dutch: exemplaar (nl) n
- Finnish: numero (fi) (magazine); kappale (fi) (book)
- French: copie (fr) f, exemplaire (fr) m
- German: Exemplar (de) n
- Greek: αντίτυπο (el) n (antítypo)
- Hebrew: עותק \ עֹתֶק m (ótek)
- Hindi: प्रति (hi) f (prati)
- Hungarian: példány (hu), szám (hu)
- Indonesian: eksemplar (id)
- Irish: cóip (ga) f
- Italian: copia (it) f
- Malay: naskhah
- Malayalam: പകർപ്പ് (pakaṟpp)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: eksemplar n
- Polish: egzemplarz (pl) m
- Portuguese: exemplar (pt) m
- Russian: ко́пия (ru) f (kópija), экземпля́р (ru) m (ekzɛmpljár)
- Scottish Gaelic: copaidh m or f, lethbhreac m
- Spanish: ejemplar (es) m
- Swedish: nummer (sv) n, exemplar (sv) n
- Tagalog: kopya
- Ukrainian: ко́пія (uk) f (kópija), екземпля́р m (ekzempljár), примі́рник m (prymírnyk)
- Vietnamese: bản in, ấn bản
- Welsh: copi m
- Yiddish: עקזעמפּלאַר m (ekzemplar)
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writing paper of a particular size
— see bastard
that which is to be imitated
genetics: result of gene or chromosomal duplication
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Verb
copy (third-person singular simple present copies, present participle copying, simple past and past participle copied)
- (transitive) To produce an object identical to a given object.
Please copy these reports for me.
2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:[Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes. The truth is that Newton was very much a product of his time.
- (transitive) To give or transmit a copy to (a person).
Make sure you copy me on that important memo.
- (transitive, computing) To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.
First copy the files, and then paste them in another directory.
- (transitive) To imitate.
Don't copy my dance moves.
Mom, he's copying me!
1793, Dugald Stewart, Outlines of Moral Philosophy:We copy instinctively the voices of our companions, their accents, and their modes of pronunciation.
- (radio) To receive a transmission successfully.
Do you copy?
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produce something identical
- Alemannic German: abkubfere
- Arabic: اِنْتَسَخَ (intasaḵa), نَسَخَ (ar) (nasaḵa)
- Egyptian Arabic: نسخ (nasaḵ)
- Armenian: պատճենել (hy) (patčenel)
- Asturian: copiar
- Azerbaijani: köçürmək (az) (by writing)
- Bulgarian: копирам (bg) (kopiram)
- Catalan: copiar (ca)
- Cebuano: kopya
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 複製/复制 (zh) (fùzhì)
- Czech: kopírovat (cs)
- Danish: kopiere
- Dutch: kopiëren (nl) nabootsen (nl), nadoen (nl), naäpen (nl)
- Esperanto: kopii
- Finnish: kopioida (fi), jäljentää (fi), kopsata (fi)
- French: copier (fr)
- Galician: copiar (gl)
- Georgian: კოპირება (ḳoṗireba)
- German: kopieren (de)
- Greek: αντιγράφω (el) (antigráfo)
- Hebrew: הכין עותק (hekhín ótek), העתיק
- Hungarian: másol (hu)
- Ilocano: mangopia, kopiaen
- Indonesian: salin (id)
- Italian: copiare (it)
- Japanese: 写す (ja) (うつす, utsusu), コピーする (ja) (kopī suru)
- Khmer: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: 복사(複寫)하다 (ko) (boksahada)
- Latin: simulō
- Malay: salin
- Malayalam: പകർത്തുക (ml) (pakaṟttuka)
- Maori: kape, tāwhai
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Norman: copier
- Norwegian: kopiere (no)
- Persian: کپی کردن (fa) (kopi kardan), رونویسی (fa) (runevisi), کریزدن (fa)
- Polish: kopiować (pl), podwajać (pl)
- Portuguese: copiar (pt)
- Romanian: copia (ro)
- Russian: копи́ровать (ru) impf (kopírovatʹ), дубли́ровать (ru) impf (dublírovatʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: dèan lethbhreac, (writing) ath-sgrìobh
- Slovene: kopirati, razmnoževati impf, razmnožiti pf
- Spanish: copiar (es)
- Swedish: kopiera (sv)
- Tagalog: kumopya, mangopya, kopyahin
- Thai: คัดลอก (th) (kát-lɔ̂ɔk), สำเนา (th) (sǎm-nao)
- Turkish: please add this translation if you can
- Vietnamese: sao chép (vi)
- Welsh: copïo (cy)
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imitate
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Asturian: copiar
- Bulgarian: копирам (bg) (kopiram), подражавам (bg) (podražavam)
- Catalan: copiar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
- Czech: kopírovat (cs)
- Danish: efterligne (da), kopiere
- Dutch: kopiëren (nl) nabootsen (nl), nadoen (nl), naäpen (nl)
- Esperanto: imiti
- Finnish: jäljitellä (fi)
- French: imiter (fr)
- Galician: copiar (gl)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: nachmachen (de)
- Greek: αντιγράφω (el) (antigráfo), μιμούμαι (el) (mimoúmai), πλαστογραφώ (el) (plastografó)
- Hebrew: חיקה (he) (khiká)
- Hungarian: utánoz (hu)
- Italian: imitare (it)
- Khmer: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: 따라하다 (ttarahada)
- Latin: aemulor
- Malay: tiru
- Maori: whakataruna, tāwhai
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian: kopiere (no)
- Polish: naśladować (pl), udawać (pl)
- Portuguese: imitar (pt), copiar (pt)
- Romanian: copia (ro), imita (ro)
- Russian: подража́ть (ru) impf (podražátʹ)
- Spanish: imitar (es), copiar (es)
- Swedish: härma (sv)
- Telugu: అనుకరించు (te) (anukariñcu)
- Thai: เลียนแบบ (liian-bɛ̀ɛp), ทำตาม
- Vietnamese: nhái (vi)
- Welsh: copïo (cy), efelychu (cy)
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Chinese
Etymology
From English copy.
Pronunciation
Noun
copy
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) copy (of a document or a file) (Classifier: 個/个 c; 份 c)
Verb
copy
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) to copy
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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
copy
- nominative/accusative/vocative/instrumental plural of cop
Finnish
Etymology
From English copy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkopy/,
- Syllabification(key): co‧py
Noun
copy (slang)
- A copywriter.
- A copy (output of copywriter).
Declension
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