foto

See also: foto-, fotó, and Foto

English

Noun

foto (plural fotos)

1. (nonstandard, informal) Alternative spelling of photo
   • 1909, sign on an Atlantic City (New Jersey) beach, photographed and shown in National Geographic (August 2015), volume 228, number 2, page 132:

     Have your foto
     in a bathingsuit

   • 2000, Sam George Arcus, Deja Views of an Aging Orphan: Growing Up in the Hebrew National Orphan Home, →ISBN:

     But it didn't matter, fotos or drawings. They were all illustrations of tall, slinky girls with abnormally large breasts striving to be contained within abnormally small brassieres […]

Anagrams

• Foot, foot, ooft, toof

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch foto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʊə̯.tʊə̯/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

foto (plural foto's, diminutive foto'tjie)

1. photo; photograph

Asturian

Noun

foto f (plural fotos)

1. photograph (picture)

Synonyms

• fotografía

Catalan

Etymology 1

Clipping of fotografia.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.to/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.tu/

Noun

foto f (plural fotos)

1. photograph

Derived terms

• autofoto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

foto

1. first-person singular present indicative form of fotre

Further reading

• “foto” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoto]

Noun

foto n

1. (informal) photo

   Synonym: fotografie

Related terms

• See foto-

Further reading

• foto in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• foto in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

Abbreviation of fotografi (“photograph”), from English photo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfod̥o]

Noun

foto n (singular definite fotoet, plural indefinite fotoer or fotos)

1. photo

Inflection

Declension of foto

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	foto	fotoet	fotoer fotos	fotoerne fotoene
genitive	fotos	fotoets	fotoers fotos'	fotoernes fotoenes

Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of fotografie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoː.toː/

• audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fo‧to
• Rhymes: -oːtoː

Noun

foto f (plural foto's, diminutive fotootje n)

1. photo, photograph

Derived terms

• actiefoto
• fotoalbum
• fotobom
• fotocamera
• fotocollage
• fotojournalist
• fotolijst
• fotomodel
• fotomontage
• fotoreportage
• fotosessie
• fotostudio
• fototentoonstelling
• fototoestel
• klassenfoto
• kleurenfoto
• luchtfoto
• montagefoto
• naaktfoto
• panoramafoto
• pasfoto
• persfoto
• portretfoto
• röntgenfoto
• satellietfoto
• schoolfoto
• trouwfoto

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: foto
• → Caribbean Hindustani: foto
• → Caribbean Javanese: foto
• → Indonesian: foto

Anagrams

• ooft

Esperanto

Etymology

Clipping of fotografaĵo.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

foto (accusative singular foton, plural fotoj, accusative plural fotojn)

1. photo

Synonyms

• fotografaĵo

Related terms

• foti (“to photograph”)

Estonian

Noun

foto (genitive foto, partitive fotot)

1. photograph, photo

Declension

Inflection of foto (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	foto	fotod
accusative	foto	fotod
genitive	foto	fotode
partitive	fotot	fotosid
illative	fotto fotosse	fotodesse
inessive	fotos	fotodes
elative	fotost	fotodest
allative	fotole	fotodele
adessive	fotol	fotodel
ablative	fotolt	fotodelt
translative	fotoks	fotodeks
terminative	fotoni	fotodeni
essive	fotona	fotodena
abessive	fotota	fotodeta
comitative	fotoga	fotodega

Related terms

• fotograaf
• fotograafia

Further reading

• foto in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
• foto in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN
• foto in Sõnaveeb

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish foto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoto/, [ˈfo̞t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification^(key): fo‧to

Noun

foto

1. (informal) photo

Declension

Inflection of foto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		foto	fotot
genitive		foton	fotojen
partitive		fotoa	fotoja
illative		fotoon	fotoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		foto	fotot
accusative	nom.	foto	fotot
	gen.	foton
genitive		foton	fotojen
partitive		fotoa	fotoja
inessive		fotossa	fotoissa
elative		fotosta	fotoista
illative		fotoon	fotoihin
adessive		fotolla	fotoilla
ablative		fotolta	fotoilta
allative		fotolle	fotoille
essive		fotona	fotoina
translative		fotoksi	fotoiksi
instructive		—	fotoin
abessive		fototta	fotoitta
comitative		—	fotoineen

Possessive forms of foto (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	fotoni	fotomme
2nd person	fotosi	fotonne
3rd person	fotonsa

Synonyms

• valokuva

Galician

Etymology

Clipping of fotografía.

Noun

foto f (plural fotos)

1. photo

Further reading

• “foto” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Ido

Etymology

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

Noun

foto (uncountable)

1. (physics) light

Synonyms

• lumo

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch foto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfot̪o]
• Hyphenation: fo‧to

Noun

foto (plural foto-foto, first-person possessive fotoku, second-person possessive fotomu, third-person possessive fotonya)

1. photo, photograph.

   Synonyms: fotograf, potret

2. (figurative) image.

   Synonyms: bayangan, gambaran, pantulan

Derived terms

• berfoto
• memfoto
• memfotoi
• memfotokan
• swafoto

 

• foto finis
• foto jarak jauh
• foto licin
• foto negatif
• foto topeng

 

Related terms

• fotograf
• fotografer
• fotografi
• fotografis
• pasfoto

 

Further reading

• “foto” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Clipping of fotografia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.to/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔto
• Syllabification: fò‧to

Noun

foto f (invariable)

1. photo, snap

Anagrams

• tofo

Latin

Participle

fōtō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fōtus

Moore

Etymology

Borrowed from French photo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fo.to/

Noun

foto

1. photograph

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Short form of fotografi (“photograph”), from English photo

Noun

foto n (definite singular fotoet, indefinite plural foto or fotoer, definite plural fotoa or fotoene)

1. photo

Derived terms

• fargefoto
• flyfoto
• fotoalbum
• fotoapparat
• fotokopi
• fotokopiere
• fotomontasje
• fotopapir
• luftfoto
• passfoto

 

References

• “foto” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Short form of fotografi (“photograph”), from English photo

Noun

foto n (definite singular fotoet, indefinite plural foto, definite plural fotoa)

1. photo

Derived terms

• fargefoto
• flyfoto
• fotoalbum
• fotoapparat
• fotokopi
• fotomontasje
• fotopapir
• passfoto

 

References

• “foto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Clipping of fotografia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.tɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔtɔ
• Syllabification: fo‧to

Noun

foto n

1. (colloquial, photography) photo

   Synonyms: fotka, fotografia, zdjęcie

Adjective

foto (not comparable)

1. (colloquial, photography, relational) photographic

   Synonym: fotograficzny

Further reading

• foto in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Clipping of fotografia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.tɔ/, /ˈfɔ.tu/

Noun

foto f (plural fotos)

2. photo; photograph

   Synonym: fotografia

Related terms

• foto-
• fotográfico
• fotógrafo

Romanian

Etymology

Clipping of fotografie.

Noun

foto n (plural foto-uri)

1. (rare) photo

Declension

Declension of foto

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) foto	foto-ul	(niște) foto-uri	foto-urile
genitive/dative	(unui) foto	foto-ului	(unor) foto-uri	foto-urilor
vocative	foto-ule		foto-urilor

Synonyms

• poză, fotografie

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of fotografía.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoto/ [ˈfo.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification: fo‧to

Noun

foto f (plural fotos)

1. photo, photograph

   ¿Puede sacar una foto por favor?

   Could you take a photo please?

Derived terms

• autofoto
• fotaza, fotazo

Related terms

• fotografía (“photograph”)
• fotografiar (“to photograph, to take a photograph”)
• fotógrafo (“photographer”)
• sesión de fotos

 

Further reading

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

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English fort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo.to/

Noun

foto

1. city, town

Swedish

Noun

foto n

1. photo

Declension

Declension of foto
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	foto	fotot	foton	fotona
Genitive	fotos	fotots	fotons	fotonas

Synonyms

• bild
• fotografi

Related terms

• fotograf
• fotografera
• fotografisk

Further reading

• foto in Svensk ordbok.

Ternate

Etymology

From Indonesian foto, from Dutch foto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfo.to]

Noun

foto

1. a photograph

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Etymology

Clipping of fotoğraf

Noun

foto (definite accusative fotoyu, plural fotolar)

1. photo

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	foto
Definite accusative	fotoyu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	foto	fotolar
Definite accusative	fotoyu	fotoları
Dative	fotoya	fotolara
Locative	fotoda	fotolarda
Ablative	fotodan	fotolardan
Genitive	fotonun	fotoların

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian фо́то (fóto).

Noun

foto

1. photograph

Inflection

Inflection of foto (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	foto
genitive sing.	foton
partitive sing.	fotod
partitive plur.	fotoid
	singular	plural
nominative	foto	fotod
accusative	foton	fotod
genitive	foton	fotoiden
partitive	fotod	fotoid
essive-instructive	foton	fotoin
translative	fotoks	fotoikš
inessive	fotos	fotoiš
elative	fotospäi	fotoišpäi
illative	fotho fotoho	fotoihe
adessive	fotol	fotoil
ablative	fotolpäi	fotoilpäi
allative	fotole	fotoile
abessive	fotota	fotoita
comitative	fotonke	fotoidenke
prolative	fotodme	fotoidme
approximative I	fotonno	fotoidenno
approximative II	fotonnoks	fotoidennoks
egressive	fotonnopäi	fotoidennopäi
terminative I	fothosai fotohosai	fotoihesai
terminative II	fotolesai	fotoilesai
terminative III	fotossai	—
additive I	fothopäi fotohopäi	fotoihepäi
additive II	fotolepäi	fotoilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “фотография”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika