different between facsimile vs xerox

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

Alternative forms

• Xerox

Etymology

From Xerox (“a photocopier”) (originally a trademark), from xerography, from Ancient Greek ????? (x?rós, “dry”) and ????? (graph?, “writing”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?z?.??ks/

  Hyphenation: xe?rox

• (US) IPA^(key): /?zi?(?)?.?ks/

• Hyphenation: xer?ox

Noun

xerox (plural xeroxes)

1. (dated, Canada, US, colloquial, informal) A photocopy.

   Hand me that xerox, would you?

2. (dated, Canada, US, colloquial, informal) A photocopier.

   The xerox broke down yesterday.

Synonyms

• photocopy

Derived terms

Verb

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

1. (dated, Canada, US, Philippines, 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.

Synonyms

• (make a paper copy): copy, photocopy

Translations

See also

• Wikipedia article concerning Xerox trademark

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ks?roks]
• Hyphenation: xe?rox
• Rhymes: -oks

Noun

xerox (plural xeroxok)

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

Declension

Derived terms

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• xérox

Etymology

Borrowed from English Xerox.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /??e.??ks/, /?e.???ks/

Noun

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

Synonyms

• (photocopy): fotocópia
• (photocopier): fotocopiadora

Romanian

Etymology

From English Xerox (“a photocopier”) (originally a trademark), from xerography, from Ancient Greek ????? (x?rós, “dry”) and ????? (graph?, “writing”).

Noun

xerox n (plural xeroxuri)

1. photocopier

   Synonym: copiator

Declension

Derived terms

• xeroxa