French Conversation · Level 2
83 words
French word
fax
Pronunciation
IPA/faks/
Meaning
- masculine nounfax
Example
Je t'envoie un fax tout de suite.
I am sending you a fax right away.
More examples
Le service client préfère recevoir les demandes par fax.
Customer service prefers to receive requests by fax.
Core concept
A remote copy of a paper document, or the machine that produces it.
Common phrases
envoyer un fax
send a fax
recevoir un fax
receive a fax
par fax
by fax
Similar words
télécopie: A paper document transmitted as an image to a remote location over a telephone line.
télécopieur: A machine that sends and receives paper documents as images over a telephone line.
e-mail: An electronic message sent over the internet with text or attached files.
Definition in French
Message ou appareil désignant la reproduction graphique d'un document papier envoyée à distance, souvent réalisée par un télécopieur.
Word origin
The French noun fax comes from English fax, a clipped form of facsimile derived from the Latin phrase fac simile, 'make similar'.
Usage tips
- French uses envoyer un fax for the document and envoyer par fax to describe transmission by fax.
Related words
- faxerfaxverb