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photocopieur

photocopier

noun foh-toh-koh-PYUR Rare

Usage Note

Photocopieur is the standard masculine noun for a photocopier machine; the feminine form photocopieuse also exists and is equally correct. The act of photocopying is photocopier, and a single copy is une photocopie. In informal office French, people also say la copieuse or simply refer to la machine.

Examples

"Le photocopieur est en panne ce matin."

Natural Translation

The photocopier is broken this morning.

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