different between facsimile vs specimen

English

Etymology

From Latin fac simile (“make like”), from fac (“make”) (imperative of facere (“make”)) + simile (neuter of similis (“like, similar”)).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /fæk?s?m.?.li/

Noun

facsimile (plural facsimiles or facsimilia)

1. (countable) A copy or reproduction.
   • 1964, Arthur Danto, “The Artworld” in Twentieth Century Theories of Art (1990), ed. James Matheson Thompson, § VIII, 540:

     To paraphrase the critic of the Times, if one may make the facsimile of a human being out of bronze, why not the facsimile of a Brillo carton out of plywood?

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:facsimile.
2. (uncountable) Reproduction in the exact form as the original.
3. A fax, a machine for making and sending copies of printed material and images via radio or telephone network.
4. The image sent by the machine itself.

Synonyms

• (copy): autotype, copy, reproduction
• (machine): facsimile machine, fax, fax machine
• (copy made by a facsimile): facsimile reproduction, fax

Translations

Verb

facsimile (third-person singular simple present facsimiles, present participle facsimileing or facsimiling, simple past and past participle facsimiled or facsimilied)

1. (transitive) To send via a facsimile machine; to fax.
2. (transitive) To make a copy of; to reproduce.

Synonyms

• fax, telefax

Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin specimen (“mark, sign, example”), from speci? (“observe, watch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp?s?m?n/
• Hyphenation: spe?ci?men

Noun

specimen (plural specimens or (extremely rare) specimina)

1. An individual instance that represents a class; an example.

   early specimens of the art of Picasso

   1. (numismatics) A banknote printed for distribution to central banks to aid in the recognition of banknotes from a country other than their own
   2. (philately) A postage stamp sent to postmasters and postal administrations so that they are able to identify valid stamps and to avoid forgeries
2. A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis.
3. (humorous, often preceded with “fine”) An eligible man.

Synonyms

• sample
• individual

Related terms

• species

Translations

Interlingua

Noun

specimen (plural specimens)

1. specimen, sample

Latin

Etymology

From speci? (“observe, watch”) +? -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?spe.ki.men/, [?s?p?k?m?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?spe.t??i.men/, [?sp??t??im?n]

Noun

specimen n (genitive speciminis); third declension

1. mark, token, sign, indication
2. example, pattern, model
3. ornament, honor

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Descendants

• Catalan: espècimen
• English: specimen
• French: specimen
• Portuguese: espécime
• Spanish: espécimen

References

• specimen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• specimen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• specimen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• specimen in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Romanian

Etymology

From French spécimen.

Noun

specimen n (plural specimene)

1. specimen

Declension