photo

See also: Photo and photo-

English

Etymology

Clipping of photograph

Pronunciation

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

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
      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
      He even had himself photoed helping to hold one of the fire-hose.
    • 2000, Salman Rushdie, The Ground Beneath Her Feet
      Always photoing exits. What are all these ways out but rehearsals for his own?

Translations

See also

French

Etymology

Clipping of photographie.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

photo f (plural photos)

  1. photo

Derived terms

Further reading

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