photocopie
French, noun
photocopie is spelled P-H-O-T-O-C-O-P-I-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Photocopie is a French feminine noun meaning “photocopy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of photocopier. With an accent, photocopié is a different word: “past participle of photocopier”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de photocopier”.
What does photocopie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininephotocopy
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of photocopier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de photocopier. 2. Copie à l’aide d’un appareil photographique, reproduction par ce procédé. 3. Copie à l’aide d’une photocopieuse, reproduction utilisant le procédé xérographique, la technique électrophotographique.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of photocopie
- photocopies plural
- photocopiée feminine
- photocopiés masculine plural
- photocopiées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to photocopie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is photocopie in French?
photocopie appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).