different between imitation vs xerox

English

Etymology

From Old French imitacion, from Latin imitatio

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?m??te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

imitation (countable and uncountable, plural imitations)

1. The act of imitating.
2. (attributive) A copy or simulation; something that is not the real thing.

   imitation leather

Antonyms

• (act of imitating): creation

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin imit?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.mi.ta.sj??/

Noun

imitation f (plural imitations)

1. imitation

Related terms

• imiter

Further reading

• “imitation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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