microfiche

microfiche

English

Etymology

    Borrowed from French microfiche.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmaɪ.kɹəʊˌfiːʃ/
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmaɪ.kɹoʊˌfiːʃ/
    • Audio (US):(file)

    Noun

    microfiche (plural microfiches)

    1. A sheet of microfilm, six by four inches, holding several hundred reduced images of document pages, read using a microfiche reader or microfilm reader.
    2. A device used to magnify and read these sheets.

    Derived terms

    Translations

    Verb

    microfiche (third-person singular simple present microfiches, present participle microfiching, simple past and past participle microfiched)

    1. (transitive) To convert (documents) to microfiche format.

    French

    Etymology

      From micro- +‎ fiche.

      Noun

      microfiche f (plural microfiches)

      1. microfiche

      Further reading

      Italian

      Etymology

        Borrowed from French microfiche.

        Noun

        microfiche f (invariable)

        1. microfiche