photo in English: A picture that you take with a camera or phone. (noun)

Translation

A picture that you take with a camera or phone.

Word origin

A short form of photograph, from Greek photos meaning light.

Origin: Greek
Root: photos

Grammar

Gender

Pluralphotos

Examples

.

"Photo" is one picture made with a camera.

.

"Photos" is the plural, meaning more than one photo.

?

Here "photo" is the picture the speaker wants.

Related words

phone

A small thing you hold to talk to people far away or to send messages.

wall

A tall, flat side of a room or building, or one that stands outside.

book

A set of printed pages joined together that you read.

family

A group of people who are related, such as parents and their children.

look

To turn your eyes towards something so you can see it.

image

A picture of something, especially one on a screen, in a book, or in your mind.

model

A person whose job is to wear new clothes so that other people can see them. A model is also a small copy of something, or one type of a machine.

photograph

A picture that you make with a camera. The short word for it is photo.

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