copy

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Etymology

From French copie, from Medieval Latin copia (“reproduction, transcript”), from Latin cōpia (“plenty, abundance”), from *coopia, from co- (“together”) + ops (“wealth, riches”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɒpiː/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒpi

Noun

copy (plural copies)

1. The result of copying (confer original); an identical duplication.

   Please bring me the copies of those reports.

2. An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.

   That handbag is a copy. You can tell because the buckle is different.

3. (journalism) The text that is to be typeset.
4. (journalism) A gender-neutral abbreviation for copy boy
5. (marketing) The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.
6. (uncountable) The text of newspaper articles.

   Submit all copy to the appropriate editor.

7. A school work pad.

   Tim got in trouble for forgetting his maths copy.

8. A printed edition of a book or magazine.

   Have you seen the latest copy of "Newsweek" yet?

Synonyms

• carbon copy
• duplicate
• facsimile
• image
• likeness
• reduplication
• replica
• replication
• reproduction
• simulacrum
• fake
• forgery
• phony
• sham

Antonyms

• original

Derived terms

Derived terms

advance copy backup copy deep copy carbon copy certified copy clean copy conformed copy copy area copy book copy boy copy cat/copycat copy constructor copy desk copy editor copy holder copy key copy menu copy number copy protection copy room copy ruler

copy shop copy test copy typist copywriter courtesy copy duplicate copy fair copy hard copy image copy master copy office copy photocopy presentation copy promotional copy reading copy review copy scaled copy shallow copy soft copy top copy xerox copy

Translations

result of copying; an identical duplication

• Arabic: نسخة (ar) (núsxa) f
• Armenian: պատճեն (hy) (patč̣en)
• Bulgarian: копие (bg) (kopie) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 摹本 (cmn) (móběn), 副本 (cmn) (fùběn), 拷貝 (cmn), 拷贝 (cmn) (kǎobèi), 複製 (cmn), 复制 (cmn) (fùzhì)

• Czech: kopie (cs) f, rozmnoženina (cs) f
• Danish: kopi (da) c
• Dutch: kopie (nl) f, afschrift (nl) n
• Esperanto: kopio (eo)
• Finnish: kopio (fi), jäljennös (fi)
• French: copie (fr) f
• German: Kopie (de) f

• Greek: αντίγραφο (el) (antígrafo) n
• Hindi: प्रतिलिपि (hi) (pratilipi) f
• Hungarian: másolat (hu), kópia (hu)
• Italian: copia (it) f
• Japanese: コピー (ja) (kopī), 複写 (ja) (ふくしゃ, fukusha)
• Persian: رونوشت (fa) (rōnevešt), کپی (fa) (kopi)
• Romanian: copie (ro) f
• Russian: копия (ru) (kópija) f, дубликат (ru) (dublikát) m
• Scottish Gaelic: copaidh (gd) m and f, lethbhreac (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: kopija (sh) f, duplikat (sh) m, preslika (sh) f
• Slovene: kopija (sl) f, duplikat (sl) m
• Swedish: kopia (sv) c
• Welsh: copi (cy) m

imitation of inferior quality

• Bulgarian: копие (bg) (kopie) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 剽竊 (cmn), 剽窃 (cmn) (piāoqiè)

• Danish: kopi (da)
• Dutch: kopie (nl) f, namaak (nl), nabootsing (nl)
• Finnish: jäljitelmä (fi), kopio (fi)
• French: copie (fr) f

• Greek: κακέκτυπο (el) (kakéktipo) n
• Hungarian: másolat (hu)
• Italian: copia (it) f, replica (it) f
• Romanian: copie (ro) f, duplicat (ro) n
• Russian: копия (ru) (kópija) f, подделка (ru) (poddélka) f
• Serbo-Croatian: kopija (sh) f, duplikat (sh) m
• Slovene: kopija (sl) f
• Swedish: kopia (sv) c

journalism: text that is to be typeset

• Bulgarian: материал за набиране (bg) (material za nabirane)
• Dutch: kopij (nl) f
• Finnish: raakateksti (fi)

• Russian: рукопись (ru) (rúkopisʹ) f (для сда́чи в печа́ть), материал (ru) (materiál) m (для статьи́, заме́тки, книги, публика́ции)
• Scottish Gaelic: copaidh (gd) m and f, lethbhreac (gd) m

marketing: output of copywriter

• Dutch: kopij (nl) f
• Finnish: copy (fi), mainosteksti (fi), teksti (fi)

• Italian: copia (it) f
• Russian: копия (ru) (kópija) f

text of a newspaper article

• Dutch: kopij (nl) f
• Finnish: teksti (fi)
• French: copie (fr) f
• Greek: αντίγραφο (el) (antígrafo) n

• Hindi: प्रति (hi) (prati) f
• Russian: копия (ru) (kópija) f, текст (ru) (tekst) m
• Swahili: nakala (sw)

school work pad

• Finnish: vihko (fi)

printed edition of a book or magazine

• Bulgarian: брой (bg) (broj) m, екземпляр (bg) (ekzempljar) m
• Danish: eksemplar (da) n
• Dutch: editie (nl)
• Finnish: numero (fi), kappale (fi)
• French: copie (fr) f, exemplaire (fr) m
• Greek: αντίτυπο (el) (antítipo) n
• Hindi: प्रति (hi) (prati) f
• Hungarian: példány (hu), szám (hu)

• Italian: copia (it) f
• Polish: egzemplarz (pl) m
• Russian: копия (ru) (kópija) f, экземпляр (ru) (ekzɛmpljár) m
• Scottish Gaelic: copaidh (gd) m and f, lethbhreac (gd) m
• Spanish: ejemplar (es) m
• Swedish: nummer (sv) n
• Welsh: copi (cy) m

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• Asturian: copia (ast) f
• Georgian: ასლი (ka) (asli), კოპიო (ka) (kopia) პირი (ka) (piri)
• German: (1) Kopie (de) f, (2) Nachahmung (de) f, (3,4) Fließtext (de) m
• Greek: αντίγραφο (el) (andígrafo) n

• Hebrew: עותק (he) ('oteq) m, העתק (he) (he'eteq) m (1), חיקוי (he) (khiqui) m (2)
• Norwegian: kopi (no) m
• Portuguese: cópia (pt) f
• Spanish: copia (es) f
• Turkish: kopya (tr)

Verb

copy (third-person singular simple present copies, present participle copying, simple past and past participle copied)

1. (transitive) To produce an object identical to a given object.

   Please copy these reports for me

2. (transitive, computing) To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.

   First copy the files, and then paste them in another directory.

3. (transitive) To imitate.

   Don't copy my dance moves.

   Mom, he's copying me!

4. (transitive) (radio) Receive a transmission successfully.

   Do you copy?

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:imitate

Derived terms

• copyable
• copy and paste
• copy down
• copy-edit
• copy out
• deep-copy

Translations

produce something identical

• Arabic: انتسخ (ar) (intásakha), نسخ (ar) (násakha)
• Asturian: copiar (ast)
• Bulgarian: копирам (bg) (kopiram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 複製 (cmn), 复制 (cmn) (fùzhì)

• Czech: kopírovat (cs)
• Danish: kopiere (da)
• Dutch: kopiëren (nl)
• Esperanto: kopii (eo)
• Finnish: kopioida (fi), jäljentää (fi), kopsata (fi)
• French: copier (fr)
• Galician: please add this translation if you can
• Georgian: კოპირება (ka) (kopireba)
• German: kopieren (de)
• Greek: αντιγράφω (el) (andigráfo)
• Hebrew: הכין עותק (he) (hekhín ótek)

• Hungarian: másol (hu)
• Italian: copiare (it)
• Japanese: 写す (ja) (うつす, utsusu), コピーする (ja) (kopī-suru)
• Jèrriais: copier
• Korean: 복사하다 (ko) (poksa-hada) (複寫하다 (ko))
• Norwegian: kopiere (no)
• Persian: کپی کردن (fa) (kopy kardan), رونویسی (fa) (runevisi)
• Polish: kopiować (pl), podwajać (pl)
• Portuguese: copiar (pt)
• Romanian: copia (ro)
• Russian: копировать (ru) (kopírovat’) impf., дублировать (ru) (dublírovat’) impf.
• Scottish Gaelic: dèan lethbhreac (gd), (writing) ath-sgrìobh (gd)
• Slovene: kopirati (sl), razmnoževati (sl) (impf.), razmnožiti (sl) (pf.)
• Spanish: copiar (es)
• Swedish: kopiera (sv)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: copïo (cy)

place a copy in memory

• Catalan: copiar (ca)
• Dutch: kopiëren (nl)
• Malay: salin (ms)

• Scottish Gaelic: dèan lethbhreac (gd)
• Slovene: kopirati (sl) (impf.), prekopirati (sl) (pf.)
• Swedish: kopiera (sv)

imitate

• Bulgarian: копирам (bg) (kopiram), подражавам (bg) (podražavam)
• Czech: kopírovat (cs)
• Danish: efterligne (da), kopiere (da)
• Dutch: nabootsen (nl), nadoen (nl), naäpen (nl)
• Finnish: jäljitellä (fi)
• French: imiter (fr)
• German: nachmachen (de)
• Greek: αντιγράφω (el) (andigráfo), μιμούμαι (el) (mimúme), πλαστογραφώ (el) (plastografó)
• Hebrew: חיקה (he) (khiká)
• Hungarian: utánoz (hu)
• Italian: imitare (it)

• Korean: 베끼다 (ko) (IPA [pe.k’i.da])
• Malay: tiru (ms)
• Norwegian: kopiere (no)
• Polish: naśladować (pl), udawać (pl)
• Portuguese: imitar (pt)
• Romanian: copia (ro), imita (ro)
• Russian: подражать (ru) (podražát’) impf.
• Spanish: imitar (es)
• Swedish: härma (sv)
• Telugu: అనుకరించు (te) (anukarinchu)
• Welsh: copïo (cy), efelychu (cy)

radio term

• Dutch: ontvangen (nl)
• Finnish: vastaanottaa (fi)
• French: recevoir (fr)
• German: verstanden (de), empfangen (de), kapieren (de)
• Hungarian: fogad (hu), vesz (hu)
• Italian: ricevere (it)
• Malay: terima (ms)

• Norwegian: motta (no)
• Polish: odbierać (pl)
• Portuguese: receber (pt)
• Russian: принимать (ru) (prinimát’) impf., принять (ru) (prinját’) pf., понимать (ru) (ponimát’) impf.
• Spanish: recibir (es)
• Swedish: mottaga (sv), motta (sv)

Related terms

• copious
• photocopy
• cc
• cop
• copydesk
• copier
• copywrite

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: laws · run · position · #541: copy · opened · purpose · fall

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Finnish

Etymology

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkopy/
• Hyphenation: co‧py

Noun

copy

1. A copywriter.
2. A copy (output of copywriter).

Declension

Declension of copy (type valo) singular plural nominative copy copyt genitive copyn copyjen partitive copya copyja accusative copy copyn copyt inessive copyssa copyissa elative copysta copyista illative copyyn copyihin adessive copylla copyilla ablative copylta copyilta allative copylle copyille essive copyna copyina translative copyksi copyiksi instructive – copyin abessive copytta copyitta comitative – copyineen