"copy (duplicate)" in seven languages
Meaningcopy (duplicate)
Spanish
copia
/ˈkopja/
fem.learned
French
copie
/kɔpi/
fem.learned
Also a pupil's written exam paper.
Italian
copia
/ˈkɔpja/
fem.learned
Portuguese
cópia
/ˈkɔpjɐ/
fem.learned
Romanian
copie
/ˈkopie/
fem.learned
Catalan
còpia
/ˈkɔpiə/
fem.learned
English
copy
/ˈkɑpi/
from Latin/French · Old French copie / Medieval Latin copia
English → Italiancopy (duplicate)copiaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CŌPIAM‘abundance, plenty’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Latin CŌPIA meant 'plenty' — cornucopia is the horn of plenty. Medieval Latin used it for a transcript, the sense all four languages share today.
English relatives: copious, cornucopia
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In a sentence
- esHazme una copia del contrato.
- frFais-moi une copie du contrat.
- itFammi una copia del contratto.
- ptFaz uma cópia do contrato pra mim.
- roFă-mi o copie a contractului.
- caFes-me una còpia del contracte.
- enMake me a copy of the contract.