mimeo

A noun referring to a rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed, originally a trademarked brand (Roneo).

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant un duplicateur rotatif utilisant un stencil à travers lequel l'encre est pressée ; à l'origine une marque déposée (Roneo).

1. Duplicating machine C2 formal technical

   A rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed to produce copies, historically known under the trade name Roneo.

   • The teacher used a mimeo to print worksheets for the class.
   • Before photocopiers, offices relied on mimeo machines.
   • He found an old mimeo stencil in the archive.
   • The mimeo was a common tool in schools until the late 20th century.

   🇫🇷Machine à duplication à stencil

   Synonymes: duplicatormimeographroneo

• mimeos plural form
• mimeos' possessive plural form
• mimeo's possessive singular form

An obsolete verb meaning to duplicate or reproduce copies using a mimeograph machine, a device that was common before the advent of photocopiers.

• 🇫🇷Verbe désuet signifiant reproduire ou multiplier des exemplaires à l’aide d’un miméographe, appareil utilisé avant l’apparition des photocopieurs.

1. Print copies from a stencil C2 formal american

   To produce copies of a document using a mimeograph machine, which transfers ink through a stencil onto paper.

   • The teacher mimeoed the exam sheets for the class.
   • Before photocopiers, offices often mimeoed documents.
   • He mimeoed a hundred copies of the newsletter.

   🇫🇷Reproduire à la miméographe

   Synonymes: copyduplicatemimeographreproducerun offstencil

• mimeoed past participle
• mimeoed past simple
• mimeoing present participle
• mimeos third person singular