English Online Dictionary. What means copy? What does copy mean?
English
Alternative forms
- coppy, coppie, copie (all obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒpi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑpi/
- Hyphenation: copy
- Rhymes: -ɒpi
Etymology 1
From Middle English copy, copie, from Old French copie (“abundance, plenty; transcript, copy”), from Medieval Latin copia (“reproduction, transcript”), from Latin cōpia (“plenty, abundance”), from *coopia, from co- (“together”) + ops (“wealth, riches”). More at opulent.
Noun
copy (plural copies)
- The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original.
- (genetics) The result of gene or chromosomal duplication.
- (genetics) The result of gene or chromosomal duplication.
- An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.
- (typography, journalism, publishing) The text (words, content) that is to be typeset or similarly prepared and published.
- (marketing, advertising) The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.
- (uncountable) The text to be set into newspaper articles, magazine pages, or similar.
- (journalism) A person employed to carry copy and run errands.
- Hyponym: copy boy
- A schoolwork pad or workbook.
- A particular instance of a book: a single printed impression or digital file representing it.
- A particular instance of an issue of a periodical (e.g., magazine, journal, bulletin): a single printed impression or digital file representing that issue; (metonynmically) the issue.
- (archaic) Writing paper of a particular size: Synonym of bastard.
- (obsolete) That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example.
- (obsolete) An abundance or plenty of anything.
- (obsolete) copyhold; tenure; lease.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- original
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English copien, from Old French copier and Medieval Latin cōpiō.
Verb
copy (third-person singular simple present copies, present participle copying, simple past and past participle copied)
- (transitive) To produce an object identical to a given object.
- (transitive) To give or transmit a copy to (a person).
- (transitive, computing) To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.
- (transitive) To imitate.
- (radio) To receive a transmission successfully.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:imitate
Derived terms
Translations
References
Chinese
Etymology
From English copy.
Pronunciation
Noun
copy
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) copy (of a document or a file) (Classifier: 個／个 c; 份 c)
Verb
copy
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) to copy
See also
- (clipping) cop
References
- English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡sopɪ]
Noun
copy
- nominative/accusative/vocative/instrumental plural of cop
Finnish
Etymology
From English copy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkopy/, [ˈko̞py]
- Rhymes: -opy
- Syllabification(key): co‧py
- Hyphenation(key): co‧py
Noun
copy (slang)
- A copywriter.
- A copy (output of copywriter).
Declension
Further reading
- “copy”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Vietnamese
Etymology
Borrowed from English copy.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kɔp̚˧˦ pi˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kɔp̚˦˧˥ pɪj˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kɔp̚˦˥ pɪj˧˧]
- Phonetic spelling: cóp pi
Verb
copy
- to copy
- Synonyms: cóp, sao chép