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imprimante

printer

noun an-pree-MAHNT Rare

Usage Note

Imprimante is the everyday word for a computer printer (une imprimante laser, une imprimante jet d'encre). It derives from imprimer (to print). Do not confuse it with l'imprimeur (a professional printer — a person) or l'imprimerie (a printing house or the art of printing).

Examples

"L'imprimante est à court d'encre."

Natural Translation

The printer is out of ink.

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