carbon copy

See also: carbon-copy

English

Alternative forms

• carbon-copy

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

carbon copy (plural carbon copies)

1. A copy produced in an alternated stack of ordinary sheets of paper and carbon papers. The pressure applied on the top sheet (by a pen or typewriter) causes every carbon paper to release its carbon cover, thus reproducing the writing on the subjacent layers of paper.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) cc

   In preparing the contract, we'll make a carbon copy for our records.

2. (by extension) Any duplicate.

   This new home is simply a carbon copy of the one down the street.

3. (Internet) A duplicate copy of an email.

Derived terms

• blind carbon copy

Translations

a copy

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 副本 (zh) (fùběn)

• Czech: průklep m
• Danish: gennemslag n, gennemslagskopi
• Dutch: doorslag (nl) m
• Finnish: hiilikopio
• French: copie (fr) f
• German: Durchschlag (de) m
• Irish: cóip charbóin f
• Portuguese: cópia carbono f
• Romanian: copie (ro) f
• Russian: ко́пия (ru) f (kópija), ко́пия че́рез копи́рку f (kópija čérez kopírku)
• Slovak: prieklep m
• Spanish: copia (es) f, copia en papel carbón f
• Tagalog: siping karbon
• Welsh: copi carbon m

duplicate

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 副本 (zh) (fùběn)

• Czech: kopie (cs) f
• Finnish: kopio (fi)
• French: copie carbone (fr)
• Romanian: copie la indigo f
• Russian: ко́пия (ru) f (kópija), дублика́т (ru) m (dublikát)
• Spanish: duplicado (es) m
• Welsh: copi carbon m

Verb

carbon copy (third-person singular simple present carbon copies, present participle carbon copying, simple past and past participle carbon copied)

1. (transitive) To create a carbon copy of.

   Please carbon copy this contract for our records.

3. (Internet) To send a duplicate copy of an email to.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) cc

Translations

to create a carbon copy of

• Finnish: tehdä hiilikopio
• Russian: копи́ровать (ru) impf (kopírovatʹ), скопи́ровать (ru) pf (skopírovatʹ)
• Welsh: carbon gopïo

cc (email)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抄送 (zh) (chāosòng)

• Finnish: lähettää kopio
• French: mettre en copie
• Polish: wysyłać kopię impf, wysłać kopię pf
• Russian: посыла́ть ко́пию impf (posylátʹ kópiju), посла́ть ко́пию pf (poslátʹ kópiju)

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Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} copia al papiro carbon
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} copie la indigo f