photo

pho-to · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A photograph; a picture made using a camera.

  2. 2.

    Short for photograph in compound words.

Forms

plural: photos

Related words

See also: camera, image, photograph, picture
Synonyms: image, photograph, picture, snapshot

Etymology

Shortened form of photograph, from Greek photos (genitive of phos meaning "light") + graphe (writing, drawing). The clipped form photo emerged in the mid-19th century. Photography literally means "writing with light."