carbon copy

• Copie exacte d'un document, à l'origine réalisée à l'aide de papier carbone. De nos jours, désigne souvent une copie d'un courriel envoyée à un destinataire en sus du destinataire principal.

A duplicate or exact copy of something, originally referring to a copy made using carbon paper. In modern usage, it often refers to an email recipient who receives a copy of a message.

1. Exact duplicateB2informal

   A person or thing that is very similar or identical to another.

   copie conforme

   • The new employee is a carbon copy of his predecessor.
   • This painting is a carbon copy of the original.
   • Her speech was a carbon copy of the one she gave last year.

2. B1formal

   A copy of a document made using carbon paper.

   copie carbone

   • Please send me a carbon copy of the contract.
   • He kept a carbon copy of every letter he wrote.
   • The secretary made a carbon copy for the files.