copier

English

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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Romanian: copia

Further reading

Anagrams

Norman

Etymology

From Medieval Latin copiāre.

Verb

copier

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