hard copy

See also: hardcopy

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

hard copy (plural hard copies)

1. A printed copy of a digital document, as opposed to a copy in electronic form.

   Synonyms: listing, printout, dead tree edition

   Antonym: soft copy

   • 2021 September 22, John Potter tells Paul Stephen, “Your guide to Europe”, in RAIL, number 940, page 65:

     But to the relief of those who prefer the print format, there are no plans to dispense with hard copies of the ERT. [European Rail Timetable]

Translations

copy

• Finnish: paperikopio, paperituloste
• Galician: copia en papel, versión impresa
• Indonesian: salinan fisik, salinan keras, salinan cetak
• Maori: pepa mārō, kape tā pepa
• Polish: wydruk (pl) m
• Russian: твёрдая ко́пия f (tvjórdaja kópija), печа́тная ко́пия f (pečátnaja kópija)
• Swahili: nakala mango
• Turkish: çıktı (tr), basılı (tr)
• Welsh: copi caled m

See also

• scan
• soft copy

Further reading

• hard copy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “hard copy”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.