carbon copy in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for carbon copy in the English»French Dictionary

carbon copy N TYPO

carbon copy

copie f carbone

carbon copy fig

réplique f exacte

Translations for carbon copy in the French»English Dictionary

réédition inf

carbon copy

décalque

carbon copy

Translations for carbon copy in the English»French Dictionary

I.copy [Brit ˈkɒpi, Am ˈkɑpi] N

1. copy (reproduction, imitation):

copy

copie f (of de)

to make a copy

faire une copie

certified copy

copie f certifiée conforme

2. copy (issue, edition):

copy (of book, newspaper, record, report)

exemplaire m

3. copy (journalist's, advertiser's text):

copy

copie f

to be or make good copy

être un bon sujet d'article

to file (one's) copy

présenter sa copie or son papier inf

II.copy [Brit ˈkɒpi, Am ˈkɑpi] VB trans

1. copy (imitate):

copy person, style, design, system

copier (from sur)

2. copy (duplicate):

copy document, letter, disk, file

copier

to copy sth onto a disk

copier qc sur disquette

to copy onto paper

sortir qc sur papier

to have sth copied

faire faire une copie de qc

3. copy (write out by hand):

copy exercise, answers, inscription, text

recopier (from sur)

to copy sth into one's book

recopier qc sur son cahier

III.copy [Brit ˈkɒpi, Am ˈkɑpi] VB intr

copy person, candidate, pupil:

copy

copier (from sur)

to copy in a test

copier à un examen

carbon [Brit ˈkɑːb(ə)n, Am ˈkɑrbən] N

carbon

carbone m

carbon attr atom, compound

de carbone

carbon copy in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for carbon copy in the English»French Dictionary

carbon copy N

1. carbon copy (copy using special paper):

carbon copy

carbone m

2. carbon copy fig (very similar):

carbon copy

réplique f

Translations for carbon copy in the English»French Dictionary

carbon copy

carbone m

to be a carbon copy of sb

être le sosie de qn

Translations for carbon copy in the French»English Dictionary

carbone

carbon (copy)

Translations for carbon copy in the English»French Dictionary

I.copy <-pies> [ˈkɒpi, Am ˈkɑ:pi] N

1. copy (facsimile):

copy

copie f

to make a copy of sth

photocopier qc

2. copy PHOTO:

copy

épreuve f

3. copy ART:

copy

reproduction f

4. copy JOURN:

copy of a book

exemplaire m

carbon copy

carbone m

a true copy

une copie conforme

5. copy (text to be published):

copy

article m

6. copy (topic for an article):

copy

sujet m d'article

7. copy COMPUT:

copy

copie f

hard copy COMPUT

impression d'un fichier informatique

Phrases:

to be a carbon copy of sb

être le sosie de qn

II.copy <-ie-> [ˈkɒpi, Am ˈkɑ:pi] VB trans a. fig

copy

copier

to copy a file onto a disk

copier un fichier sur une disquette

III.copy [ˈkɒpi, Am ˈkɑ:pi] VB intr pej (cheat)

copy

copier

to copy from sb

copier sur qn

carbon [ˈkɑ:bən, Am ˈkɑ:r-] N

1. carbon no pl CHEM (element):

carbon

carbone m

2. carbon (carbon paper):

carbon

papier m carbone

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The game was an emulation rather than a port of the arcade game, so it was practically a carbon copy of the original.

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To enhance this manual process, many medical record documents were produced in duplicate or triplicate by means of carbon copy.

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The fastest time is then saved as a ghost, a carbon copy of the player's performance, which the player can race against later.

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The top sheet is the "original" and each of the additional sheets is called a carbon copy, from the use of the carbon paper.

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Game 7 was almost a carbon copy of game number 6.

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The original must be retained by the pharmacist after the sale and the patient keeps the carbon copy.

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Spammers would send one e-mail to the open relay and (effectively) include a large blind carbon copy list, then the open relay would relay that spam to the entire list.

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The ticket consisted of an original and a carbon copy.

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It did not have ribbon, instead printed on a carbon copy paper.

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He ends up creating a carbon copy of the outside world.

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