copier

English

Etymology

copy +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒpɪə/
  • (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 copiō, copiāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ.pje/
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Verb

copier

  1. to copy

Conjugation
Conjugation of copier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle copiant
/kɔ.pjɑ̃/
past participle copié
/kɔ.pje/
infinitive
simple copier
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple copiant
/kɔ.pjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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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