foto

See also: foto-, fotó, and Foto

English

Noun

foto (plural fotos)

  1. (nonstandard, informal) Alternative spelling of photo
    • 1909, sign on an Atlantic City (New Jersey) beach, photographed and shown in National Geographic (August 2015), volume 228, number 2, page 132:
      Have your foto
      in a bathingsuit
    • 1977 April 23, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 18:
      Reply with foto and phone to GCN box 719
    • 2000, Sam George Arcus, Deja Views of an Aging Orphan: Growing Up in the Hebrew National Orphan Home, →ISBN:
      But it didn't matter, fotos or drawings. They were all illustrations of tall, slinky girls with abnormally large breasts striving to be contained within abnormally small brassieres […]

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch foto.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfʊə̯.tʊə̯/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

foto (plural foto's, diminutive foto'tjie)

  1. photo; photograph

Asturian

Noun

foto f (plural fotos)

  1. photograph (picture)

Synonyms

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Clipping of fotografia.

Noun

foto f (plural fotos)

  1. photograph
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

foto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fotre

Further reading

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfoto]

Noun

foto n

  1. (informal) photo
    Synonym: fotografie

Declension
Declension of foto (hard neuter)
singular plural
nominative foto fota
genitive fota fot
dative fotu fotům
accusative foto fota
vocative foto fota
locative fotu fotech
instrumental fotem foty

Further reading
  • foto in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • foto in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

Abbreviation of fotografi (“photograph”), from English photo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfod̥o]

Noun

foto n (singular definite fotoet, plural indefinite fotoer or fotos)

  1. photo

Inflection
Declension of foto
neuter
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative foto fotoet fotoer
fotos		 fotoerne
fotoene
genitive fotos fotoets fotoers
fotos'		 fotoernes
fotoenes

Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of fotografie.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfoː.toː/
  • audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: fo‧to
  • Rhymes: -oːtoː

Noun

foto f (plural foto's, diminutive fotootje n)

  1. photo, photograph

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: foto
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: foto
  • → Caribbean Javanese: foto
  • → Indonesian: foto

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

Clipping of fotografaĵo.

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Noun

foto (accusative singular foton, plural fotoj, accusative plural fotojn)

  1. photo

Synonyms

Estonian

Noun

foto (genitive foto, partitive fotot)

  1. photograph, photo

Declension
Declension of foto (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative foto fotod
accusative nom.
gen. foto
genitive fotode
partitive fotot fotosid
illative fotto
fotosse		 fotodesse
inessive fotos fotodes
elative fotost fotodest
allative fotole fotodele
adessive fotol fotodel
ablative fotolt fotodelt
translative fotoks fotodeks
terminative fotoni fotodeni
essive fotona fotodena
abessive fotota fotodeta
comitative fotoga fotodega

Further reading
  • “foto”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “foto”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • foto in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish foto.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfoto/, [ˈfo̞t̪o̞]
  • Rhymes: -oto
  • Syllabification(key): fo‧to

Noun

foto (informal)

  1. photo

Declension
Inflection of foto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative foto fotot
genitive foton fotojen
partitive fotoa fotoja
illative fotoon fotoihin
singular plural
nominative foto fotot
accusative nom. foto fotot
gen. foton
genitive foton fotojen
partitive fotoa fotoja
inessive fotossa fotoissa
elative fotosta fotoista
illative fotoon fotoihin
adessive fotolla fotoilla
ablative fotolta fotoilta
allative fotolle fotoille
essive fotona fotoina
translative fotoksi fotoiksi
abessive fototta fotoitta
instructive — fotoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of foto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative fotoni fotoni
accusative nom. fotoni fotoni
gen. fotoni
genitive fotoni fotojeni
partitive fotoani fotojani
inessive fotossani fotoissani
elative fotostani fotoistani
illative fotooni fotoihini
adessive fotollani fotoillani
ablative fotoltani fotoiltani
allative fotolleni fotoilleni
essive fotonani fotoinani
translative fotokseni fotoikseni
abessive fotottani fotoittani
instructive — —
comitative — fotoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative fotosi fotosi
accusative nom. fotosi fotosi
gen. fotosi
genitive fotosi fotojesi
partitive fotoasi fotojasi
inessive fotossasi fotoissasi
elative fotostasi fotoistasi
illative fotoosi fotoihisi
adessive fotollasi fotoillasi
ablative fotoltasi fotoiltasi
allative fotollesi fotoillesi
essive fotonasi fotoinasi
translative fotoksesi fotoiksesi
abessive fotottasi fotoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — fotoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative fotomme fotomme
accusative nom. fotomme fotomme
gen. fotomme
genitive fotomme fotojemme
partitive fotoamme fotojamme
inessive fotossamme fotoissamme
elative fotostamme fotoistamme
illative fotoomme fotoihimme
adessive fotollamme fotoillamme
ablative fotoltamme fotoiltamme
allative fotollemme fotoillemme
essive fotonamme fotoinamme
translative fotoksemme fotoiksemme
abessive fotottamme fotoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — fotoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative fotonne fotonne
accusative nom. fotonne fotonne
gen. fotonne
genitive fotonne fotojenne
partitive fotoanne fotojanne
inessive fotossanne fotoissanne
elative fotostanne fotoistanne
illative fotoonne fotoihinne
adessive fotollanne fotoillanne
ablative fotoltanne fotoiltanne
allative fotollenne fotoillenne
essive fotonanne fotoinanne
translative fotoksenne fotoiksenne
abessive fotottanne fotoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — fotoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative fotonsa fotonsa
accusative nom. fotonsa fotonsa
gen. fotonsa
genitive fotonsa fotojensa
partitive fotoaan
fotoansa		 fotojaan
fotojansa
inessive fotossaan
fotossansa		 fotoissaan
fotoissansa
elative fotostaan
fotostansa		 fotoistaan
fotoistansa
illative fotoonsa fotoihinsa
adessive fotollaan
fotollansa		 fotoillaan
fotoillansa
ablative fotoltaan
fotoltansa		 fotoiltaan
fotoiltansa
allative fotolleen
fotollensa		 fotoilleen
fotoillensa
essive fotonaan
fotonansa		 fotoinaan
fotoinansa
translative fotokseen
fotoksensa		 fotoikseen
fotoiksensa
abessive fotottaan
fotottansa		 fotoittaan
fotoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — fotoineen
fotoinensa

Synonyms

Further reading

Fula

Adjective

foto

  1. (Maasina) how many people
    Yimɓe foto ngollata ɗo.
    How many people work here?
    Miɗo yiɗi ndaarude yimɓe foto keƴata ley mobel ngel.
    I want to see how many people can fit into the truck.

References

Galician

Etymology

Clipping of fotografía.

Noun

foto f (plural fotos)

  1. photo

Further reading

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φῶς, φωτός (phôs, phōtós, “light”).

Noun

foto (uncountable)

  1. (physics) light

Synonyms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch foto.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfot̪o]
  • Hyphenation: fo‧to

Noun

foto (plural foto-foto, first-person possessive fotoku, second-person possessive fotomu, third-person possessive fotonya)

  1. photo, photograph.
    Synonyms: fotograf, potret
  2. (figurative) image.
    Synonyms: bayangan, gambaran, pantulan

Derived terms
  • foto finis
  • foto jarak jauh
  • foto licin
  • foto negatif
  • foto topeng

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Clipping of fotografia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.to/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔto
  • Hyphenation: fò‧to

Noun

foto f (invariable)

  1. photo, snap

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

fōtō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fōtus

Moore

Etymology

Borrowed from French photo.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /fo.to/

Noun

foto

  1. photograph

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Short form of fotografi (“photograph”), from English photo

Noun

foto n (definite singular fotoet, indefinite plural foto or fotoer, definite plural fotoa or fotoene)

  1. photo

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Short form of fotografi (“photograph”), from English photo

Noun

foto n (definite singular fotoet, indefinite plural foto, definite plural fotoa)

  1. photo

Derived terms

References

Polish

Etymology

Clipping of fotografia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.tɔ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔtɔ
  • Syllabification: fo‧to
  • Homophone: foto-

Noun

foto n

  1. (colloquial, photography) photo
    Synonyms: fotka, fotografia, zdjęcie

Adjective

foto (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (colloquial, photography, relational) photographic
    Synonym: fotograficzny

Further reading
  • foto in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Clipping of fotografia.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.to/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.tɔ/, /ˈfɔ.tu/

Noun

foto f (plural fotos)

  1. photo; photograph
    Synonym: fotografia

Romanian

Etymology

Clipping of fotografie.

Noun

foto n (plural foto-uri)

  1. (rare) photo
    Synonyms: poză, fotografie

Declension
Declension of foto
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) foto foto-ul (niște) foto-uri foto-urile
genitive/dative (unui) foto foto-ului (unor) foto-uri foto-urilor
vocative foto-ule foto-urilor

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of fotografía.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfoto/ [ˈfo.t̪o]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -oto
  • Syllabification: fo‧to

Noun

foto f (plural fotos)

  1. photo, photograph
    ¿Puede sacar una foto por favor?
    Could you take a photo please?

Derived terms

Further reading

Sranan Tongo
Foto

Etymology

From English fort.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfo.to/

Noun

foto

  1. city, town
    • (Can we date this quote?), “Wan bigi legre di de leki faya”, in Jehovah's Witnesses‎:
      Di a kon sabi taki Elisa ben de na ini a foto Dotan, a seni a legre fu Siria fu go teki en.
      He found out that Elisha was in the city of Dothan, and he sent the Syrian army there to capture him.

Derived terms

Swedish

Noun

foto n

  1. photo

Declension
Declension of foto 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative foto fotot foton fotona
Genitive fotos fotots fotons fotonas

Synonyms

Further reading

Ternate

Etymology

From Indonesian foto, from Dutch foto.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfo.to]

Noun

foto

  1. a photograph

References
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Etymology

Clipping of fotoğraf

Noun

foto (definite accusative fotoyu, plural fotolar)

  1. photo

Declension
Inflection
Nominative foto
Definite accusative fotoyu
Singular Plural
Nominative foto fotolar
Definite accusative fotoyu fotoları
Dative fotoya fotolara
Locative fotoda fotolarda
Ablative fotodan fotolardan
Genitive fotonun fotoların

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian фо́то (fóto).

Noun

foto

  1. photograph

Inflection
Inflection of foto (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing. foto
genitive sing. foton
partitive sing. fotod
partitive plur. fotoid
singular plural
nominative foto fotod
accusative foton fotod
genitive foton fotoiden
partitive fotod fotoid
essive-instructive foton fotoin
translative fotoks fotoikš
inessive fotos fotoiš
elative fotospäi fotoišpäi
illative fotho
fotoho		 fotoihe
adessive fotol fotoil
ablative fotolpäi fotoilpäi
allative fotole fotoile
abessive fotota fotoita
comitative fotonke fotoidenke
prolative fotodme fotoidme
approximative I fotonno fotoidenno
approximative II fotonnoks fotoidennoks
egressive fotonnopäi fotoidennopäi
terminative I fothosai
fotohosai		 fotoihesai
terminative II fotolesai fotoilesai
terminative III fotossai —
additive I fothopäi
fotohopäi		 fotoihepäi
additive II fotolepäi fotoilepäi

References
  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “фотография”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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