# foto
## English
### Noun

foto (plural fotos)
* (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

* Foot, foot, ooft, toof

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch foto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfʊə̯.tʊə̯/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

foto (plural foto's, diminutive foto'tjie)
* photo; photograph

## Asturian
### Noun

foto f (plural fotos)
* photograph (picture)

#### Synonyms

* fotografía

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈfo.tu]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfo.to]

### Etymology 1

Clipping of fotografia.

#### Noun

foto f (plural fotos)
* photograph

##### Derived terms

* autofoto

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

foto
* first-person singular present indicative of fotre

### Further reading

* “foto” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfoto]

### Noun

foto n
* (informal) photo
    Synonym: fotografie

#### Related terms

* See foto-

### Further reading

* “foto”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “foto”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Danish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfod̥o]

### Noun

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

#### Inflection
## Dutch
### Etymology

Clipping of fotografie.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfoː.toː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: fo‧to
* Rhymes: -oːtoː

### Noun

foto f (plural foto's, diminutive fotootje n)
* photo, photograph

#### Derived terms

* actiefoto
* babyfoto
* fotoalbum
* fotobom
* fotocamera
* fotocollage
* fotojournalist
* fotolijst
* fotomodel
* fotomontage
* fotoreportage
* fotosessie
* fotostudio
* fototentoonstelling
* fototoestel
* klassenfoto
* kleurenfoto
* luchtfoto
* montagefoto
* naaktfoto
* panoramafoto
* pasfoto
* persfoto
* portretfoto
* profielfoto
* röntgenfoto
* satellietfoto
* schoolfoto
* trouwfoto

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: foto
* → Caribbean Hindustani: foto
* → Caribbean Javanese: foto
* → Indonesian: foto
* → Sranan Tongo: fowtow

### Anagrams

* ooft

## Esperanto
### Etymology

Clipping of fotografaĵo.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

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

#### Synonyms

* fotografaĵo

#### Related terms

* foti (“to photograph”)

## Estonian
### Noun

foto (genitive foto, partitive fotot)
* photograph, photo

#### Related terms

* fotograaf
* fotograafia

### 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: /ˈfoto/, [ˈfo̞t̪o̞]
* Rhymes: -oto
* Hyphenation: fo‧to

### Noun

foto (informal)
* photo

#### Declension

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

* valokuva

### Further reading

* “foto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Fula
### Adjective

foto
* (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

* Richard Smith, Urs Niggli, Dictionnaire fulfulde - anglais - français, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2016.

## Galician
### Etymology

Clipping of fotografía.

### Noun

foto f (plural fotos)
* photo

### Further reading

* “foto”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Ido
### Etymology

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

### Noun

foto (uncountable)
* (physics) light

#### Synonyms

* lumo

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch foto.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈfoto/ [ˈfo.t̪o]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -oto
* Syllabification: fo‧to

### Noun

foto (plural foto-foto)
* photograph; photo
    Synonyms: fotograf, potret
* (figurative) image
    Synonyms: bayangan, gambaran, pantulan

#### Derived terms

* berfoto
* memfoto
* memfotoi
* memfotokan
* swafoto
* foto finis
* foto jarak jauh
* foto licin
* foto negatif
* foto topeng

#### Related terms

* fotograf
* fotografer
* fotografi
* fotografis
* pasfoto

### Further reading

* “foto” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Etymology

Clipping of fotografia.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

foto f (invariable)
* photo, snap

### Anagrams

* tofo

## Latin
### Participle

fōtō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fōtus

## Moore
### Etymology

Borrowed from French photo.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /fo.to/

### Noun

foto
* 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)
* photo

#### Derived terms

* fargefoto
* flyfoto
* fotoalbum
* fotoapparat
* fotokopi
* fotokopiere
* fotomontasje
* fotopapir
* luftfoto
* passfoto

### References

* “foto” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

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

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* fargefoto
* flyfoto
* fotoalbum
* fotoapparat
* fotokopi
* fotomontasje
* fotopapir
* passfoto

### References

* “foto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Clipping of fotografia.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

foto n
* (colloquial, photography) photo
    Synonyms: fotka, fotografia, zdjęcie

### Adjective

foto (not comparable, no derived adverb)
* (colloquial, photography, relational) photographic
    Synonym: fotograficzny

### Further reading

* foto in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Clipping of fotografia.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɔ.tu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɔ.tu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɔ.to/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfɔ.tɔ/, /ˈfɔ.tu/

### Noun

foto f (plural fotos)
* photo; photograph
    Synonym: fotografia

#### Related terms

* foto-
* fotográfico
* fotógrafo

## Romanian
### Etymology

Clipping of fotografie.

### Noun

foto n (plural foto-uri)
* (rare) photo
    Synonyms: poză, fotografie

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Clipping of fotografía.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

foto f (plural fotos)
* photo, photograph
    ¿Puede sacar una foto por favor?Could you take a photo please?

#### Derived terms

* álbum de fotos
* autofoto
* fotaza, fotazo
* foto de familia

#### Related terms

* fotografía (“photograph”)
* fotografiar (“to photograph, to take a photograph”)
* fotógrafo (“photographer”)
* sesión de fotos

### Further reading

* “foto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From English fort, from Middle French fort (“strong”). Originally, this word meant "fort" and specifically referred to Fort Zeelandia, but since Fort Zeelandia and Parimaribo are closely connected, the meaning was transferred to the later. Nowadays, it can refer to any town.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfoto/, [ˈfʊ̞tʊ̞], [ˈfɔ̝tɔ̝]

### Noun

foto
* city, town
** c. 1885, Johannes King, “Skrekiboekoe [Book of horrors]”, in Jan Voorhoeve, Ursy M. Lichtveld, editors, Suriname: Spiegel der vaderlandse kooplieden‎, Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff, published 1980, →ISBN, pages 108, 110:En ala dem ouloetem gran avoo vo wi ben de Afrikan ningre na ningre kondre. Na janda dem ouroetem bakra go bai dem avoo vo wi potti na ini sipi tjari koti habra da bigi soutoe watra, en dem tjari dem kom doro dia na foto Paramaribo.[Èn ala den owruten granawo fu wi ben de Afrikan nengre na nengrekondre. Na yanda den owruten bakra go bai den awo fu wi poti na ini sipi tyari koti abra a bigi sowtu watra èn den tyari den kon doro dya na foto Paramaribo]And all our forefathers of the olden days were African negroes from negro-country. It was over there that the whites of old went and bought our forefathers and put them in ships to take them across the big salt water, and brought them here to the city of Paramaribo.
** 1989 April 1, “Na pori fu wan nâsi [The destruction of a nation]”, in A waktitoren‎, Selters-Taunus: Wachtturm-Gesellschaft (Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses), page 41:Owru foto ben abi hey skotu èn kofarliki bigi doro. Fu sroto den doro disi, dan den ben greni den na inisey nanga langa isri ofu brons barki.Old cities had high walls and huge gates. To lock these gates, they bolted them shut on the inside with long iron or bronze bars.
** 2022, “Moi les di yu kan leri fu Bijbel”, in Yehovah Kotoigi [Jehovah's Witnesses]‎, Les 52: Wan bigi legre di de leki faya:Di a kon sabi taki Elisa ben de na ini a foto Dotan, a seni a legre fu Siria fu go teki en.When he found out that Elisha was in the city of Dothan, he sent an army from Syria to capture him.
* (archaic) Synonym of benfoto (“fort, fortress”)

### Proper noun

foto
* (informal) Synonym of Paramaribo (the capital city of Suriname)
** 1783, C. L. Schumann, “bringi”, in Neger-Englisches Wörterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎ (in German), archived from the original on 8 February 2023:na fotto dem no habi da muffe so menni; da Djutongo: ma nuffe plantasi habi hem.[Na foto, den no abi a mofo someni; na Dyutongo. Ma nofo pranasi abi en.]In the city, they don't have [use] this word so much; it's Saramaccan. But enough plantations have [use] it.
** 1856, Heinrich Wullschlägel, Deutsch-negerenglisches Wörterbuch. Nebst einem Anhang, negerenglische Sprüchwörter enthaltend [German-Negro English dictionary. Containing, in addition to an appendix, Negro English proverbs]‎ (in German), Löbau: J.U. Duroldt, page 138:nomo mi doro na pranasi so pram, wantem mi seni hem go na foto.[Nomo mi doro na pranasi so pran, wanten mi seni en go na foto.]I had barely arrived at the plantation, when I sent him into town immediately.
** 1960, Big Jones And His Kawina Band (lyrics and music), “Ala Pikin Nengre”, in Suriname‎:Ala pikinnengre / te we go na foto / unu mu luku den bon / nanga den strati tuAll you kids / when we go into town / have a look at the trees / and the streets too
** 1974 June 29, Fred W. Omskirk Sr., “Manspasi”, in Vrije Stem: onafhankelijk weekblad voor Suriname‎, page 1:Ef mi ben sab pe joe grebi de, / mi gran afo, di krodong tjari / kon na Sranan, / so farawe fjoe eegi doti, / biten tédei, Manspasidei / psa hondro jari di keti koti, / mi ben sa saka libi foto, / mi ben sa pari mi eegi boto / f'kon saka kiendie na joe sei.[Efu mi ben sabi pe yu grebi de / mi gran afo, di krodon tyari / kon na Sranan, / so farawe fu yu eigi doti / biten tide, Manspasidei / psa hondro yari di keti koti / mi ben sa saka libi foto / mi ben sa pari mi eigi boto / fu kon saka kindi na yu sei.]If I knew where your grave was, my grand ancestor, whom forced labour / brought to Suriname / so far away from your own native soil, / early today, Emancipation Day / hundred years after the chains were broken, / I would have left the city, / I would have paddled my own boat / to come and kneel by your side.

#### Usage notes

* Sense 2: within Paramaribo, "foto" refers specifically to down town. However, outside of Paramaribo, it can denote any location in town.

#### Derived terms

* Bakafoto
* benfoto
* edefoto
* foto-awari
* fotodu
* fotogotro
* fotokrioro
* fotoman
* fotonengre
* fotosei
* fotosma
* Fotosranantongo
* fototongo
* mamafoto
* Nyunfoto
* Porifoto

#### Descendants

* Aukan: foto
* Saramaccan: fóto

### References

* ↑ Echteld, Johannes J. M. (1962) The English Words in Sranan (Negro-English of Surinam)‎, USA: J.B. Wolters Groningen, pages 85-86
* ↑ Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “foto”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary

## Swedish
### Noun

foto n
* photo

#### Synonyms

* bild
* fotografi

#### Related terms

* fotograf
* fotografera
* fotografisk

### Further reading

* foto in Svensk ordbok.

## Ternate
### Etymology

From Indonesian foto, from Dutch foto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfo.to]

### Noun

foto
* 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)
* photo

#### Declension
## Veps
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian фо́то (fóto).

### Noun

foto
* photograph

#### Inflection
### References

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