# copy
## English
### Alternative forms

* coppy, coppie, copie (all obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkɒpi/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈkɑpi/
* Audio (US):(file)
* 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.
    Please bring me at least 200 copies of this report. The photocopier is down the hall on the right.
    His new book is out. I have a signed copy. He'll send you a copy if you want one. He's giving free copies to his former colleagues who want one. The press run is 3000 copies, and he hopes to sell more press runs after this one.
    I already saw their draft. She emailed me a copy yesterday. I can forward it to you so that you have your own copy.
** 1656, John Denham, preface to The Destruction of Troy:I have not the vanity to think my copy equal to the original.
** (genetics) The result of gene or chromosomal duplication.
    Every cell in this organism contains a copy of each gene, but whether that copy will be expressed depends on complex factors of cell differentiation and epigenetics.
* An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.
    That handbag is a copy. You can tell because the buckle is different.
* (typography, journalism, publishing) The text (words, content) that is to be typeset or similarly prepared and published.
    This organization doesn't publish any copy that hasn't been edited by a good copy editor.
** (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.
    Submit all copy to the appropriate editor.
* (journalism) A person employed to carry copy and run errands.
    Hyponym: copy boy
* A schoolwork pad or workbook.
    Tim got in trouble for forgetting his maths copy.
* A particular instance of a book: a single printed impression or digital file representing it.
    Our town's public library has several copies of the Bible, in each of several editions.
    Our town's public library has several copies of the second edition of Smith's textbook, but it doesn't yet have any copies of any newer edition.
* 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.
    Have you seen the latest copy of Newsweek yet?
* (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.
    His virtues are an excellent copy for imitation.
** 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech: An Essay of Inquiry into the Natural Production of Letters: […], London: […] T. N[ewcomb] for J[ohn] Martyn printer to the R[oyal] Society, […], →OCLC:Let him first learn to write, after a copy of all the letters.
* (obsolete) An abundance or plenty of anything.
** 1599 (first performance), B. I. [i.e., Ben Jonson], The Comicall Satyre of Euery Man out of His Humor. […], London: […] [Adam Islip] for William Holme, […], published 1600, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, signature F, verso:[S]he was bleſt with no more Copie of wit, but to ſerue his Humor thus.
* (obsolete) copyhold; tenure; lease.
** c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:But in them nature's copy's not eterne

##### Synonyms

* duplicate
* facsimile
* fake
* forgery
* image
* likeness
* phony
* reduplication
* replica
* replication
* reproduction
* sham
* simulacrum

##### Antonyms

* original

##### Hyponyms

* advance copy
* association copy
* backup copy
* carbon copy
* certified copy
* clean copy
* conformed copy
* courtesy copy
* deep copy
* defensive copy
* duplicate copy
* fair copy
* hard copy
* image copy
* master copy
* microcopy
* office copy
* photocopy
* presentation copy
* promotional copy
* reading copy
* review copy
* scaled copy
* shallow copy
* soft copy
* time copy
* top copy
* xerox copy

##### Derived terms

* alibi copy
* armchair copy
* blind carbon copy
* blot one's copy book
* carbonless copy paper
* cop
* copier
* copious
* copyable
* copy area
* copy art
* copy attack
* copyback
* copybook
* copy boy
* copycat
* copy cat
* copy constructor
* copydesk
* copy desk
* copydom
* copy editor
* copy elision
* copyfraud
* copygirl
* copygraph
* copy holder
* copyholder
* copyism
* copyist
* copy key
* copyline
* copylore
* copy machine
* copy menu
* copy number
* copy number polymorphism
* copy-number variant
* copy number variation
* copyparty
* copy-paste
* copy pronoun
* copy-protected
* copy protection
* copyright
* copy room
* copy ruler
* copy shop
* copy song
* copy sort
* copytaker
* copytaking
* copy test
* copytext
* copy typist
* copywrite
* copywriter
* DJ copy
* e-copy
* flap copy
* genocopy
* intercopy
* macrocopy
* miscopy
* monocopy
* mopy
* multicopy
* penalty copy
* phenocopy
* photocopy
* pseudocopy
* retrocopy
* shallow-copy
* telecopy
* wire copy
* xerocopy
* xeroxcopy

##### Translations

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### 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.
    Please copy these reports for me.
    Don't copy that floppy!
** 2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:[Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes. The truth is that Newton was very much a product of his time.
* (transitive) To give or transmit a copy to (a person).
    Make sure you copy me on that important memo.
* (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.
* (transitive) To imitate.
    Don't copy my dance moves.
    Mom, he's copying me!
** 1793, Dugald Stewart, Outlines of Moral Philosophy:We copy instinctively the voices of our companions, their accents, and their modes of pronunciation.
* (radio) To receive a transmission successfully.
    Do you copy?

##### Synonyms

* See also Thesaurus:imitate

##### Derived terms

* copiability
* copiable
* copyable
* copy and paste
* copy down
* copy-on-write proxy
* copy out
* copy-paste
* copyread
* copy that
* deep-copyblind-copy
* genocopy
* miscopy
* precopy
* recopy
* sottocopy
* uncopied

##### Translations
### References

* ↑ “cō̆pīen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Chinese
### Etymology

From English copy.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): kop$^1$ pi$^4$ / kap$^1$ pi$^4$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kop$^1$ pi$^4$ / kap$^1$ pi$^4$
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kop$^7$ pi$^4$ / kap$^7$ pi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɔːp̚⁵ pʰiː²¹/, /kʰɐp̚⁵ pʰiː²¹/

### 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: [ˈt͡sopɪ]

### Noun

copy
* nominative/accusative/vocative/instrumental plural of cop

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English copy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkopy/, [ˈko̞py]
* Rhymes: -opy
* Hyphenation: co‧py

### Noun

copy (slang)
* A copywriter.
* A copy (output of copywriter).

#### Declension

Possessive forms of copy (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
copyni
copyni
accusative
nom.
copyni
copyni
gen.
copyni
genitive
copyni
copyjeni
partitive
copyani
copyjani
inessive
copyssani
copyissani
elative
copystani
copyistani
illative
copyyni
copyihini
adessive
copyllani
copyillani
ablative
copyltani
copyiltani
allative
copylleni
copyilleni
essive
copynani
copyinani
translative
copykseni
copyikseni
abessive
copyttani
copyittani
instructive
comitative
—copyineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
copysi
copysi
accusative
nom.
copysi
copysi
gen.
copysi
genitive
copysi
copyjesi
partitive
copyasi
copyjasi
inessive
copyssasi
copyissasi
elative
copystasi
copyistasi
illative
copyysi
copyihisi
adessive
copyllasi
copyillasi
ablative
copyltasi
copyiltasi
allative
copyllesi
copyillesi
essive
copynasi
copyinasi
translative
copyksesi
copyiksesi
abessive
copyttasi
copyittasi
instructive
comitative
—copyinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
copymme
copymme
accusative
nom.
copymme
copymme
gen.
copymme
genitive
copymme
copyjemme
partitive
copyamme
copyjamme
inessive
copyssamme
copyissamme
elative
copystamme
copyistamme
illative
copyymme
copyihimme
adessive
copyllamme
copyillamme
ablative
copyltamme
copyiltamme
allative
copyllemme
copyillemme
essive
copynamme
copyinamme
translative
copyksemme
copyiksemme
abessive
copyttamme
copyittamme
instructive
comitative
—copyinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
copynne
copynne
accusative
nom.
copynne
copynne
gen.
copynne
genitive
copynne
copyjenne
partitive
copyanne
copyjanne
inessive
copyssanne
copyissanne
elative
copystanne
copyistanne
illative
copyynne
copyihinne
adessive
copyllanne
copyillanne
ablative
copyltanne
copyiltanne
allative
copyllenne
copyillenne
essive
copynanne
copyinanne
translative
copyksenne
copyiksenne
abessive
copyttanne
copyittanne
instructive
comitative
—copyinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
copynsa
copynsa
accusative
nom.
copynsa
copynsa
gen.
copynsa
genitive
copynsa
copyjensa
partitive
copyaan copyansa
copyjaan copyjansa
inessive
copyssaan copyssansa
copyissaan copyissansa
elative
copystaan copystansa
copyistaan copyistansa
illative
copyynsa
copyihinsa
adessive
copyllaan copyllansa
copyillaan copyillansa
ablative
copyltaan copyltansa
copyiltaan copyiltansa
allative
copylleen copyllensa
copyilleen copyillensa
essive
copynaan copynansa
copyinaan copyinansa
translative
copykseen copyksensa
copyikseen copyiksensa
abessive
copyttaan copyttansa
copyittaan copyittansa
instructive
comitative
—copyineen copyinensa :

### Further reading

* “copy”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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