facsimile

== English == === Alternative forms === fac-simile === Etymology === From Latin fac simile (“make like”), from fac (“make”) (imperative of facere (“make”)) + simile (neuter of similis (“like, similar”)). === Pronunciation === (US, UK) IPA(key): /fækˈsɪm.ə.li/ === Noun === facsimile (countable and uncountable, plural facsimiles or facsimilia) (countable) A copy or reproduction. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:facsimile. (uncountable) Reproduction in the exact form as the original. A fax, a machine for making and sending copies of printed material and images via radio or telephone network. The image sent by the machine itself. ==== Synonyms ==== (copy): autotype, copy, reproduction (machine): facsimile machine, fax, fax machine (copy made by a facsimile): facsimile reproduction, fax ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: ファクシミリ ==== Translations ==== === Verb === facsimile (third-person singular simple present facsimiles, present participle facsimileing, simple past and past participle facsimiled or facsimilied) (transitive) To send via a facsimile machine; to fax. (transitive) To make a copy of; to reproduce. ==== Synonyms ==== fax, telefax ==== Translations ====