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telephoto

telephoto adjective: of or pertaining to a lens system used to produce an enlarged image of a distant object.

Adjective

telephoto (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a lens system used to produce an enlarged image of a distant object.

Noun

telephoto (plural telephotos)

  1. A photograph taken through a telephoto lens.
  2. (colloquial) A telephoto lens.

Verb

telephoto (third-person singular simple present telephotos, present participle telephotoing, simple past and past participle telephotoed)

  1. Synonym of telephotograph.
    Synonyms:
    telephotograph

telephoto meaning in Tamil

telephoto in Tamil

தொலை ஒளிப்படம், தொலைப்படம், தொலைஒளி

Synonyms of telephoto

Forms of telephoto

Noun
pluraltelephotos
Verb
third-person singular presenttelephotos
present participletelephotoing
past participletelephotoed
pasttelephotoed

Origin of telephoto

From tele- + photo.

Words formed from telephoto

Phrases with telephoto

Questions about telephoto

What does telephoto mean?
Telephoto means of or pertaining to a lens system used to produce an enlarged image of a distant object.
What is telephoto in Tamil?
Telephoto in Tamil is தொலை ஒளிப்படம், தொலைப்படம், தொலைஒளி. See Telephoto meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is telephoto?
Telephoto can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.

Words near telephoto in the dictionary

  1. telephonophobia
  2. telephonophobic
  3. telephony
  4. telephote
  5. telephotes
  6. telephoto
  7. telephoto lens
  8. telephoto lenses
  9. telephotoed
  10. telephotograph
  11. telephotographed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: telephoto (page history and authors); telephoto (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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