photo

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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

Anagrams

• top ho

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.