télécopier

Senses

1. 1.

   to fax

   to send a document via fax machine

Examples

• "Je vais télécopier le contrat à mon avocat."

  I'm going to fax the contract to my lawyer.

• "Pourriez-vous télécopier ces documents avant 17h?"

  Could you fax these documents before 5pm?

• "La lettre a été télécopiée au siège social hier."

  The letter was faxed to the head office yesterday.

Usage

Formal/technical verb derived from the noun "télécopie" (facsimile). Common in business contexts. While still used in France, it is gradually being replaced by email and digital transmission methods. First conjugation regular verb.