foto-

See also: foto, fotó, and Foto

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Prefix

foto-

1. photo-

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with foto-

Further reading

• “foto-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “foto-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [foto ]

Prefix

foto-

1. photo-

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with foto-

Related terms

Related terms

• foťák
• fotit
• fotka
• foto
• foton
• nafotit
• ofotit
• vyfotit

Further reading

• foto- in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• foto- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

foto-

1. photo-

Dutch terms prefixed with foto-

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoto-/, [ˈfo̞t̪o̞-]

Prefix

foto-

1. photo-

Usage notes

• In Finnish the prefix foto- is only used with loanwords.

Synonyms

• valo-

  valoherkkä

  photosensitive

  valokopiokone

  photocopier

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with foto-

Further reading

• “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 2023-07-02

German

Alternative forms

photo-

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [(ˈ)fo(ː)to]

• Audio

  (file)

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

foto-

1. photo-

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with foto-

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Etymology

From φῶς (phôs, “light”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoto]

Prefix

foto-

1. photo-

Derived terms

Hungarian terms prefixed with foto-

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Prefix

foto-

1. photo-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with foto-

Anagrams

• tofo

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Prefix

foto-

1. photo-

References

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with foto-

• “foto-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Prefix

foto-

1. photo-

References

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with foto-

• “foto-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φωτω (phōtō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.tɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔtɔ
• Syllabification: fo‧to
• Homophone: foto

Prefix

foto-

1. (photography) photo-

   ‎foto- + ‎-graf → ‎fotograf

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with foto-

Further reading

• foto- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φωτός (phōtós), from φῶς (phôs, “light”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌfɔ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌfɔ.tɔ/

Prefix

foto-

1. photo-

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with foto-

References

• “foto-” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “foto-” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Prefix

foto-

1. photo-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with foto-

Further reading

• “foto-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014