# foto-
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-), from φῶς (phôs, “light”).

### Pronunciation

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

### Prefix

foto-
* photo-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “foto-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “foto-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “foto-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “foto-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Czech
### Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-), from φῶς (phôs, “light”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [foto ]

### Prefix

foto-
* photo-

#### Related terms

* foťák
* fotit
* fotka
* foto
* foton
* nafotit
* ofotit
* vyfotit

### Further reading

* “foto-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* foto- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-), from φῶς (phôs, “light”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Prefix

foto-
* photo-

## Finnish
### Etymology

Internationalism (see English photo-), ultimately from Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfoto-/, [ˈfo̞t̪o̞-]

### Prefix

foto-
* photo-

#### Usage notes

* In Finnish the prefix foto- is only used with loanwords.

#### Synonyms

* valo-
    valoherkkäphotosensitive
    valokopiokonephotocopier

#### Derived terms
### 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

## German
### Alternative forms

photo-

### Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [(ˈ)fo(ː)to]
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Prefix

foto-
* photo-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “foto-” in Duden online
* “foto-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From φῶς (phôs, “light”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfoto]

### Prefix

foto-
* photo-

#### Derived terms
## Italian
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-), from φῶς (phôs, “light”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌfɔ.to/
* Hyphenation: fò‧to-

### Prefix

foto-
* photo-

#### Derived terms
### References

* ↑ fòto- in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

### Anagrams

* tofo

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From the combining form φωτω- (phōtō-) of Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs).

### Prefix

foto-
* photo-

### References

* “foto-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From the combining form φωτω- (phōtō-) of Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs).

### Prefix

foto-
* photo-

### References

* “foto-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek φάος (pháos).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɔ.tɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔtɔ
* Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]
* Homophone: foto

### Prefix

foto-
* (photography) photo-
    ‎foto- + ‎-graf → ‎fotograf

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* foto- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌfɔ.to/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˌfɔ.tɔ/

### Prefix

foto-
* photo- (relating to light)
    Synonym: luci-
* photo- (relating to photography)

#### Derived terms
### References

* ↑ “foto-”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “foto-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-), from φῶς (phôs, “light”) (genitive singular φωτός (phōtós)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /foto/ [fo.t̪o]
* Syllabification: fo‧to-

### Prefix

foto-
* photo-

#### Derived terms
### 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