Translation
photo, photograph
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Word origin
An international clipping of fotografio, coined from Greek phos, photos (light) and graphein (to draw or write): drawing with light.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- phos, photos
- English cognates
- photograph, photon
Examples
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He showed me a photo of his family.
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She took many photos during the trip.
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The old photo hangs on the wall.
The full word is fotografaĵo, but like everyone else Esperantists clipped it, and is now the everyday form with as its verb. Note the idiom: you a photo in Esperanto, you do not "take" one, so "I took a photo of the house" is or . A is any picture; a is specifically the camera-made kind.
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Word family
Words built on foto with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- fotilonoun
camera
foto-il-
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 12, lesson 3: foto, japana, polico and 6 more words.