photo
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfəʊ.təʊ/, [ˈfəʊtʰəʊ]
Audio (UK) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈfoʊ.toʊ/, [ˈfŏʊɾoʊ]
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊtəʊ
Noun edit
photo (plural photos)
- (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.
- (informal) A photo finish.
- 2005 June 28, “Racing diary: In the shake-up”, in The Telegraph[1]:
- 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.
- (informal) A digital picture of any kind.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Hausa: hṑtō
Translations edit
photograph — see photograph
Verb edit
photo (third-person singular simple present photos, present participle photoing, simple past and past participle photoed)
- (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?
- [1956] 1992 ed., The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter [2]
Related terms edit
Translations edit
to take a photograph
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See also edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of photographie.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
photo f (plural photos)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “photo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.