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xerox

See also: Xerox

English

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Etymology

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

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xerox (plural xeroxes)

  1. (Philippines, India, dated in Canada, US, colloquial, informal) A photocopy.
    Hand me that xerox, would you?
    • 2009, David Ebershoff, The 19th Wife, Random House, →ISBN, page 142:
      There were twenty pictures in the envelope, xeroxes but clear enough. They documented the scene pretty much as I imagined it.
  2. (dated, Canada, US, colloquial, informal) A photocopier.
    The xerox broke down yesterday.

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xerox (third-person singular simple present xeroxes, present participle xeroxing, simple past and past participle xeroxed)

  1. (Philippines, India, dated in Canada, US, colloquial, informal) To make a paper copy or copies by means of a photocopier.
    I xeroxed the report for all the people at the meeting.

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Hungarian

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  • IPA(key): [ˈksɛroks]
  • Hyphenation: xe‧rox
  • Rhymes: -oks

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xerox (plural xeroxok)

  1. photocopy; xerox (copy of a document made using a photocopier)

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative xerox xeroxok
accusative xeroxot xeroxokat
dative xeroxnak xeroxoknak
instrumental xeroxszal xeroxokkal
causal-final xeroxért xeroxokért
translative xeroxszá xeroxokká
terminative xeroxig xeroxokig
essive-formal xeroxként xeroxokként
essive-modal — —
inessive xeroxban xeroxokban
superessive xeroxon xeroxokon
adessive xeroxnál xeroxoknál
illative xeroxba xeroxokba
sublative xeroxra xeroxokra
allative xeroxhoz xeroxokhoz
elative xeroxból xeroxokból
delative xeroxról xeroxokról
ablative xeroxtól xeroxoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		xeroxé xeroxoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		xeroxéi xeroxokéi
Possessive forms of xerox
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. xeroxom xeroxaim
2nd person sing. xeroxod xeroxaid
3rd person sing. xeroxa xeroxai
1st person plural xeroxunk xeroxaink
2nd person plural xeroxotok xeroxaitok
3rd person plural xeroxuk xeroxaik

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Unadapted borrowing from English Xerox.

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xerox m (plural xerox or xeroxes)

  1. photocopy; xerox (copy of a document made using a photocopier)
  2. photocopier; copier (machine which makes copies of paper documents)
  3. a shop where photocopying and related services are offered

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Romanian

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Etymology

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

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xerox n (plural xeroxuri)

  1. photocopier
    Synonym: copiator

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Declension of xerox
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) xerox xeroxul (niște) xeroxe xeroxele
genitive/dative (unui) xerox xeroxului (unor) xeroxe xeroxelor
vocative xeroxule xeroxelor

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English xerox, a genericized trademark from the company, Xerox.

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xerox (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜇᜓᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔)

  1. xerography
  2. photocopy

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