photo

photo

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of photo in English

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English

Etymology

Clipping of photograph

Pronunciation

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

Noun

photo (plural photos)

  1. (informal) A photograph.
  2. (informal) A photo finish.
  3. (informal) A digital picture of any kind.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Hausa: hṑtō

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?

Related terms

  • photog
  • photographer

Translations

See also

  • photo-
  • photosensitive
  • photosynthesis, photosynthesize
  • photogenic
  • photocell
  • photo finish
  • photo opportunity
  • snapshot

French

Etymology

Clipping of photographie.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

photo f (plural photos)

  1. photo

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “photo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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