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photo

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Etymology

Shortened form of photograph

Noun

photo (plural photos)

  1. photograph

Verb

photo (third-person singular simple present photos, present participle photoing, simple past and past participle photoed)

  1. To take a photograph.
    • [1956] 1992 ed., The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter [1]
      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 [2]
      He even had himself photoed helping to hold one of the fire-hose.
    • 2000, Salman Rushdie, The Ground Beneath Her Feet [3]
      Always photoing exits. What are all these ways out but rehearsals for his own?

Translations

to take a photograph
  • Hebrew: צילם (he)
  • Volapük: fotografön (vo), (older term, obsolete) fotogafön (vo), (older term) litamagön (vo)

See also

French

Pronunciation

Noun

photo f. (plural photos)

  1. photo

 

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