photo

A1 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ˈfoʊ.toʊ/ UK /ˈfəʊ̯.təʊ̯/ See IPA manual

Freq #1500

Meanings

1

noun
A picture made with a camera.

I took a photo of the sunset at the beach.
2

verb
To take a picture of someone or something with a camera.

The tourists photoed each other in front of the tower.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a picture made with a camera. photograph picture

2 verb · to take a picture of... photograph

Word family

Forms photos

Derived forms airphotoastrophotononphotoorthophotophlogphoto-essayphoto-matchedphoto-offsetphoto-portraitphoto-romancephotobankphotobash

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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.

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# photo

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈfoʊ.toʊ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈfəʊ̯.təʊ̯/
**Frequency rank:** 1500

## Meanings
1. A picture made with a camera.
2. To take a picture of someone or something with a camera.

## Examples
- I took a photo of the sunset at the beach.
- The tourists photoed each other in front of the tower.

## Derived Forms
- airphoto
- astrophoto
- nonphoto
- orthophoto
- phlog
- photo-essay
- photo-matched
- photo-offset
- photo-portrait
- photo-romance
- photobank
- photobash

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Photo is a clipping of photograph. In present-day English it covers a picture made with a camera and to take a picture of someone or something with a camera. The wider family includes derived forms such as airphoto, astrophoto, nonphoto, orthophoto, phlog.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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