photo French · revision 17308
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=clipping|attested=1864, Le Figaro (J. Rousseau)|origins=grc φῶς}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: /fɔ.to/^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA: /fo.to/^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''photo''' ''f'' (plural photos)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is a clipping of [[photographie|t=photography; photograph]].^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary)^(GLLF 1989) “Photographie” is built on [[grc|φῶς|tr=phôs|t=light]] (genitive “phōtós”).^(FEW|8, 398b) The Petit Robert also takes it as a clipping of the adjective [[photographique]], in “appareil photo”.^(Petit Robert 2007)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The TLFi's first record is in an article by J. Rousseau in ''Le Figaro'' of 19 June 1864; the GLLF and the Grand Robert date it from Larchey's slang dictionary of 1878.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(BHVF)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It began as a familiar abbreviation and became the ordinary word for a photograph, for photography as a technique and an art (''faire de la photo''), and, invariable after a noun, for “photographic” (''appareil photo'').^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(TLFi) A masculine ''photo'', short for ''photographe'' “photographer”, is found in slang in 1869.^(BHVF) The phrase ''il n'y a pas photo'' “there's no contest” comes from the photo finish used to decide very close races.^(Petit Robert 2007)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 1864 – First record, in ''Le Figaro''.^(TLFi)
+ * 1869 – ''Un photo'' “a photographer”, in a police agent's notes.^(BHVF)
+ * 1878 – Recorded in Larchey's dictionary.^(GLLF 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A [[m|en|photograph]], picture: ''prendre une photo''.^(Wiktionary)^(Petit Robert 2007)
+ # [[photographie|alt=Photography]], the technique or art: ''aimer la photo''.^(Petit Robert 2007)
+ # ''Il n'y a pas photo'': there is no doubt, no contest.^(Petit Robert 2007)
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+ ===Adjective===
+ # (invariable) [[photographique|alt=Photographic]]: ''un appareil photo''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[photographie]]
+ * [[photographe]]
+ * [[photographier]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}