photo
//ˈfəʊ̯.təʊ̯//
Forms
- Plural
- photos
- present (v1)
- photo
- past (v2)
- photoed
- past participle (v3)
- photoed
- present participle
- photoing
- 3rd person singular
- photos
Definitions
1.A photograph.(informal)
2.A digital picture of any kind.(informal)
3.Photography(informal)
- Photo student in need of subjects.
4.A photo finish.(informal)
- 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.
1.To take a photograph of.
- Always photoing exits. What are all these ways out but rehearsals for his own?
Frequency
Overall
Common· #541
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Synonyms
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)