photo

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Quotations 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 See also 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun

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[edit] Pronunciation

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• (UK) IPA: /fəʊtəʊ/, SAMPA: /f@Ut@U/
• (US) IPA: /foʊɾoʊ/, SAMPA: /foUtoU/

[edit] Etymology

Shortened form of photograph

[edit] Noun

photo (plural photos)

1. photograph

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[edit] Verb

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

1. To take a photograph.

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• [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?

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[edit] See also

• photo-
• photosensitive
• photosynthesis, photosynthesize
• photogenic
• photocell
• photo finish
• photo opportunity

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[edit] French

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[edit] Noun

photo f. (plural photos)

1. photo