photo

See also: Photo and photo-

English

Etymology

Clipping of photograph

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfəʊ.təʊ/, [ˈfəʊtʰəʊ]
    • Audio (UK):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈfoʊ.toʊ/, [ˈfŏʊɾoʊ]
    • Audio (US):(file)
  • (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈpʰoːʈoː/, [ˈf-]
  • Rhymes: -əʊtəʊ

Noun

photo (plural photos)

  1. (informal) A photograph.
    • 2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist:
      Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.
  2. (informal) A photo finish.
    • 2005 June 28, “Racing diary: In the shake-up”, in The Telegraph[1]:
      By this stage, Goof was clearly warming to his theme and, as they flashed past the post together, he reported that it was a photo. "And I don't know or care who won the photo," he concluded.
  3. (informal) A digital picture of any kind.
  4. (informal) Photography
    • 1981 February 7, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 28, page 14:
      Photo student in need of subjects.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Assamese: ফটো (phtü)
  • Big Nambas: vutu
  • Gujarati: ફોટો (phoṭo)
  • Hausa: hṑtō
  • Hindi: फ़ोटो (foṭo)
  • Japanese: フォト (foto)
  • Kalasha: phuṭú
  • Korean: 포토 (poto)
  • Malayalam: ഫോട്ടോ (phōṭṭō)
  • Yoruba: fọto
  • Zulu: ifotho

Translations

Verb

photo (third-person singular simple present photos, present participle photoing, simple past and past participle photoed)

  1. (transitive) To take a photograph of.
    • [1956] 1992 ed., The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter [2]
      What fun to be photoed together, / What luck for a break so opportune. / Oh, what a lark / To be posed in the park / Underneath the adolescent crescent of the moon.
    • 1998, Hans Schmidt, Maverick Marine [3]
      He even had himself photoed helping to hold one of the fire-hose.
    • 2000, Salman Rushdie, The Ground Beneath Her Feet [4]
      Always photoing exits. What are all these ways out but rehearsals for his own?

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French

Etymology

Clipping of photographie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔ.to/, /fo.to/
  • Audio (France):(file)
  • Audio (France):(file)
  • Rhymes: -o

Noun

photo f (plural photos)

  1. photo

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