phot
/fəʊt/US/foʊt/
phot noun: a photometric unit of illuminance, or luminous flux through an area (symbol ph).
Noun
phot (plural phots)
- A photometric unit of illuminance, or luminous flux through an area (symbol ph).
Verb
UK/fɒt/
phot (third-person singular simple present phots, present participle photting, simple past and past participle photted)
- to photograph
- They said no, so I climbed off a bridge and spent the rest of the day photting and cab-riding around BHP without permission.1999 May 28, David Johnson, “Re:re Looking on with responsibility”, in aus.rail (Usenet)
- It's not an aerial one though as I havn't devved the transparency stuff yet, and I'll not get chance tommorrow^([sic]) as I'm photting the Touring Cars @ Croft.2003 July 12, "The Three Rivers Rambler", “Re: Plane identity still a mystery”, in alt.local.geordie (Usenet)
phot meaning in Tamil
phot in Tamil
- போற்று
Forms of phot
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | phots |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | phots |
| present participle | photting |
| past participle | photted |
| past | photted |
Origin of phot
Coined by André Blondel in 1921. See photo-.
Clipping of photograph.
Words formed from phot
Words that rhyme with phot
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- oat
- quote
- connote
- groat
- remote
- scrote
- tote
- bote
- capote
- denote
- devote
- dote
- mote
- smote
- solar boat
- undercoat
- cote
- demote
- gloat
- pote
- refloat
- rote
- undernote
- wrote
- yote
- blót
- confidence vote
- disease boat
- end of quote
- end quote
- entrecôte
- flote
- frote
- ignote
- isot
- lote
- loth
- misquote
- moth
- recoat
- rewrote
- shoat
- stoat
- swagger coat
- troat
- two hundred fifty-sixth note
- underquote
- underwrote
Questions about phot
- What does phot mean?
- Phot means a photometric unit of illuminance, or luminous flux through an area (symbol ph).
- What is phot in Tamil?
- Phot in Tamil is போற்று. See Phot meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is phot?
- Phot can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce phot?
- Phot is pronounced /fəʊt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of phot?
- The plural of phot is phots.
Words near phot in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: phot (page history and authors); phot (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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