noun
Meaning 1
A photograph.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
photo
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊ̯.təʊ̯/
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Received-Pronunciation: [ˈfəʊ̯.thəʊ̯]
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Scotland: /ˈfo.to/
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Scotland: [ˈfo.tho]
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Wales: /ˈfoː.toː/ without the toe–tow merger
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Wales: [ˈfoː.thoː] without the toe–tow merger
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/ˈfoʊ̯.toʊ̯/ without t-flapping
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[ˈfoʊ̯thoʊ̯] ~ /ˈfɔʊ̯.tɔʊ̯/ without t-flapping
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[ˈfɔʊ̯thoʊ̯] without t-flapping
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/ˈfoʊ̯.ɾoʊ̯/ t-flapping
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[ˈfoʊ̯.ɾoʊ̯] ~ /ˈfɔʊ̯.ɾɔʊ̯/ t-flapping
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[ˈfɔʊ̯.ɾoʊ̯] t-flapping
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/ˈphoː.ʈoː/
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/ˈfoː.ʈoː/
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rhymes with -əʊtəʊ
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CMU ARPABET: F OW1 T OW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A photo finish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A digital picture of any kind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Photography
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To take a photograph of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- [1956] 1992 ed., The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=5kjheskJwVAC&pg=PA465&lpg=PA465&sig=_CY8N5ZLStxnOIlf_CNHhhBEPjA 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 http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=vQ7DKhq0ZckC&pg=PA192&lpg=PA192&sig=hrMAoHDI9vAnq4RQwgFro_Lp24M He even had himself photoed helping to hold one of the fire-hose.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: photograph, exposure, picture, pic
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: representation
Narrower terms: beefcake, black and white, monochrome, blueprint, cheesecake, closeup, daguerreotype, enlargement, blowup, magnification, frame, glossy, headshot, hologram, holograph, longshot, microdot, mosaic, arial mosaic, photomosaic, mug shot, mugshot, photocopy, photographic print, print, photomicrograph, radiogram, radiograph, shadowgraph, skiagraph, skiagram, snapshot, snap, shot, spectrogram, spectrograph, stereo, stereoscopic picture, stereoscopic photograph, still, telephotograph, telephoto, time exposure, vignette, wedding picture, scene
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bheh2- Proto-Indo-European *bhéh2os Proto-Hellenic *pháwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photographclip. English photo Clipping of photograph.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: фотографи́рам (fotografíram) — to take a photograph
- Bulgarian: сни́мам (snímam) — to take a photograph
- Chinese Cantonese: 影 (jing2) — to take a photograph
- Dutch: fotograferen — to take a photograph
- Esperanto: foti — to take a photograph
- Finnish: valokuvata — to take a photograph
- Finnish: kuvata — to take a photograph
- French: photographier — to take a photograph
- Hebrew: צילם (tsilém) — to take a photograph
- Hindi: तसवीर लेना (tasvīr lenā) — to take a photograph
- Italian: fotografare — to take a photograph
- Luganda: okukuba ekifaananyi — to take a photograph
- Spanish: instantánea — to take a photograph
- Turkish: fotoğraf çekmek — to take a photograph
- Volapük: fotografön — to take a photograph
- Volapük: fotogafön — to take a photograph
- Volapük: litamagön — to take a photograph
Real reading context