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Borrowed from Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-), from φῶς (phôs, “light”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌfo.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˌfo.to]

foto-

1. photo-

• “foto-”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “foto-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “foto-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “foto-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Derived from Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-), from φῶς (phôs, “light”).

• IPA^(key): [foto ]

foto-

1. photo-

• “foto-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• foto- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

From Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-), from φῶς (phôs, “light”).

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foto-

1. photo-

Internationalism (see English photo-), ultimately from Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoto-/, [ˈfo̞t̪o̞-]

foto-

1. (in loanwords) photo-

• valo-

  valoherkkä ― photosensitive

  valokopiokone ― photocopier

• “foto-”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

photo-

Ultimately from Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”).

• IPA^(key): [(ˈ)fo(ː)to]

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foto-

1. photo-

• “foto-” in Duden online
• “foto-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From φῶς (phôs, “light”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoto]

foto-

1. photo-

From Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-), from φῶς (phôs, “light”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌfɔ.to/^[1]
• Hyphenation: fò‧to-

foto-

1. photo-

• tofo

From the combining form φωτω- (phōtō-) of Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs).

foto-

1. photo-

• “foto-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From the combining form φωτω- (phōtō-) of Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs).

foto-

1. photo-

• “foto-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Derived from Ancient Greek φάος (pháos).

• IPA^(key): /fɔ.tɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔtɔ
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]
• Homophone: foto

foto-

1. (photography) photo-

   ‎foto- + ‎-graf → ‎fotograf

• foto- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φωτός (phōtós), from φῶς (phôs, “light”).^[1][2]

foto-

1. photo- (relating to light)

   Synonym: luci-

2. photo- (relating to photography)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-), from φῶς (phôs, “light”) (genitive singular φωτός (phōtós)).

• IPA^(key): /foto/ [fo.t̪o]
• Syllabification: fo‧to-

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1. photo-

• “foto-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024