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photograph en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ˈfəʊ̯.tʰə̥ˌɡɹ̠ɑːf] (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈfəʊ.təˌɡɹɑːf/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/ (General-American)
• [ˈfoʊ̯.ɾəˌɡɹ̠æf] (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photograph From photo- + -graph.

Meanings

1. A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.
   • The hundredodd pages of photographs provide superb iconography of artistic collaboration and its rewards. 1975 May 4, Dale Harris, “Merce Cunningham”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2024:
   • A photograph showing a column of tenodd cars with black registration plates moving along an empty highway on their way to Subotica, […] 1994 February 21, Dejan Anastasijevic, “VREME: The Front Page: The Departure”, in TOL, archived from the original on 28 Oct 2020:
   • Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story. 2012 March 14, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2013, page 106:

Forms

Deriveds

air photograph · macrophotograph · orthophotograph · autophotograph · photoillustration · photography · photographize · chromophotograph · photographer · file photograph · photographability · goniophotograph · photographone · aerial photograph · telephotograph · photographic · photographometer · fauxtograph · thoughtograph · chronophotograph · microphotograph · photo · photographee · radiophotograph · photographist · X-ray photograph · photoganda · photographess · pseudophotograph · astrophotograph · photomaton

Descendants

ফটোগ্রাফ · ഫോട്ടോഗ്രാഫ് · フォトグラフ · ffotograff · 포토그래프

Translations (224)

ro fotografie (picture) · gl foto (picture) · uz fotosurat (picture) · ky фотосүрөт (picture) · hi चित्र (picture) · fr photo (picture) · hi फ़ोटो (picture) · gd dealbh (picture) · th ภาพ (picture) · as ফটো (picture) · de Bild (picture) · mk сли́ка (picture) · ky сүрөт (picture) · et foto (picture) · az surət (picture) · ca foto (picture) · ty hohoʻa (picture) · fr photographie (picture) · tk surat (picture) · tr kılık (picture) · bo དཔར (picture) · fi valokuva (picture) · uk фо́то (picture) · am ፎቶግራፍ (picture) · bn ফটোগ্রাফ (picture) · lo ພາບ (picture) · th รูป (picture) · hi फोटोग्राफ (picture) · el φωτογραφία (picture) · az rəsm (picture) · cy llun (picture) · sh фотогра̀фија (picture) · sv kort (picture) · uk фо́тка (picture) · af foto (picture) · lt nuotrauka (picture) · ug رەسىم (picture) · mr छायाचित्र (picture) · ar تَصْوِيرَة (picture) · dv ފޮޓޯއެކެވެ (picture) · ka ფოტო (picture) · bn ফটো (picture) · ps عکس برداري (picture) · it foto (picture) · tr yaçın (picture) · tpi poto (picture) · ja 写真 (picture) · kk фотосурет (picture) · is ljósmynd (picture) · cmn 相片 (picture) · ms gambar (picture) · be фо́тка (picture) · ur عَکْس (picture) · hi फ़ोटोग्राफ़ (picture) · nv eʼelyaaígíí (picture) · oc fòto (picture) · ka სურათი (picture) · scn fotugrafìa (picture) · sq fotografi (picture) · km រូបថត (picture) · be зды́мак (picture) · ga grianghraf (picture) · tk fotografiýa (picture) · eo fotografaĵo (picture) · de Fotografie (picture) · mi whakaahua (picture) · kmr şikil (picture) · syl ꠚꠐꠥ (picture) · sl fotografija (picture) · oj mazinaakizigan (picture) · id fotograf (picture) · ru фо́то (picture) · lv fotogrāfija (picture) · az şəkil (picture) · it fotografia (picture) · sq foto (picture) · cy ffotograff (picture) · nan-hbl 像片 (picture) · arz صورة (picture) · vo fotogafot (picture) · cs fotka (picture) · mn зураг (picture) · ki mbica (picture) · hy լուսանկար (picture) · ast foto (picture) · hu fénykép (picture) · mn сүүдэр (picture) · sh сли̏ка (picture) · hu fotó (picture) · pl fotka (picture) · de Lichtbild (picture) · bcl ladawan (picture) · da fotografi (picture) · uz fotografiya (picture) · be фатагра́фія (picture) · ru фотока́рточка (picture) · uk зні́мок (picture) · oc fotografia (picture) · lt núotrauka (picture) · mr फोटो (picture) · ur فوٹو (picture) · uk фотозні́мок (picture) · fi kuva (picture) · fa-ira فوتوگْرافی (picture) · az fotoqrafiya (picture) · km រូប (picture) · fa-ira تَصْویر (picture) · th รูปถ่าย (picture) · ase 1@NearCheek-1@NearCheek X@NearCheek-X@NearCheek (picture) · tl litrato (picture) · chr ᏗᏓᏟᎶᏍᏔᏅᎢ (picture) · ru фотогра́фия (picture) · mn гэрэл зураг (picture) · ms foto (picture) · io fotografuro (picture) · bg сни́мка (picture) · yue 影相 (picture) · ko 사진 (picture) · ka ფოტოგრაფიული სურათი (picture) · sv fotografi (picture) · ky фотография (picture) · id foto (picture) · fa-ira عَکْس (picture) · pl zdjęcie (picture) · kmr foto (picture) · dng щёнпяр (picture) · be фо́та (picture) · eu argazki (picture) · ar صُورَة (picture) · kmr wêne (picture) · pt foto (picture) · tr fotoğraf (picture) · sk fotografia (picture) · lt fotografija (picture) · kmr rism (picture) · pt fotografia (picture) · pl fotografia (picture) · hi तस्वीर (picture) · vo fotografot (picture) · ar صُورَة شَمْسِيَّة (picture) · is mynd (picture) · sw picha (picture) · de Foto (picture) · mt ritratt (picture) · cy ffoto (picture) · ug فوتو سۈرەت (picture) · lo ພາບຖ່າຍ (picture) · hi छायाचित्र (picture) · ug سۈرەت (picture) · sh fotogràfija (picture) · cmn 照片 (picture) · gl fotografía (picture) · ka ფოტოსურათი (picture) · da foto (picture) · kmr sûret (picture) · ru фо́тка (picture) · mt fotografija (picture) · ro foto (picture) · lg ekifaananyi (picture) · tk fotosurat (picture) · ga fótagraf (picture) · srn fowtow (picture) · he תַּצְלוּם (picture) · de Photographie (picture) · ru фотосни́мок (picture) · ru сни́мок (picture) · vi ảnh (picture) · bg фотогра́фия (picture) · fo ljósmynd (picture) · lv bilde (picture) · ngh fotusi (picture) · zdj pitsha (picture) · es fotografía (picture) · tg фотосурат (picture) · tt фотография (picture) · pt retrato (picture) · fi foto (picture) · mk фотогра́фија (picture) · eo foto (picture) · ca fotografia (picture) · he תְּמוּנָה (picture) · et fotograaf (picture) · haw paʻikiʻi (picture) · alt фото (picture) · tg акс (picture) · ast fotografía (picture) · da billede (picture) · hy ֆոտո (picture) · am ምስለ መልክ (picture) · es toma fotográfica (picture) · sv foto (picture) · uk світли́на (picture) · tg сурат (picture) · sk fotka (picture) · uk фотогра́фія (picture) · bcl retrato (picture) · lo ຮູບ (picture) · mn фото (picture) · lo ກະລິດເຊ (picture) · tl talangnginag (picture) · rsk фотоґрафия (picture) · kmr eks (picture) · bo པར (picture) · ps عکس (picture) · th ฉายาลักษณ์ (picture) · cs fotografie (picture) · om suura (picture) · nb fotografi (picture) · nl foto (picture) · mnb foto (picture) · sh slȉka (picture) · vi hình (picture) · hi फोटो (picture) · th ภาพถ่าย (picture) · yi פֿאָטאָגראַפֿיע (picture) · be фотазды́мак (picture) · ur تَصْوِیر (picture) · tpi piksa (picture) · kw skeusen (picture) · my ဓာတ်ပုံ (picture) · uz surat (picture) · tt рәсем (picture) · uz rasm (picture) · ro poză (picture)

wikidata: Q125191

photograph en · VERB

Pronunciation

• [ˈfəʊ̯.tʰə̥ˌɡɹ̠ɑːf] (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈfəʊ.təˌɡɹɑːf/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/ (General-American)
• [ˈfoʊ̯.ɾəˌɡɹ̠æf] (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photograph From photo- + -graph.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, transitive) To take a photograph (of).
   • He makes his pen drawing on white paper, and they are afterwards photographed on wood. 1891, Philip Gilbert Hamerton, The Graphic Arts: A Treatise on the Varieties of Drawing:
   • As the game worlds we explore have become more beautiful, players have become more interested in photographing them and sharing the results. 2019 February 25, Jordan Erica Webber, “Point and shoot: what's next for photography in video games?”, in The Guardian:
   • The boy who made headlines when he was photographed hugging an officer during a 2014 protest against police brutality is missing after his family’s SUV plunged 100 feet off a coastal highway in California, officials said Wednesday. 2018 March 28, Melissa Gray, “Boy in viral hug photo missing after family’s car plunges off cliff”, in CNN:
2. (figuratively, transitive) To fix permanently in the memory etc.
   • The scene and its surroundings were photographed on my memory. 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Phantom Rickshaw”, in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler and Co., page 12:
   • He is photographed on my mind. 1881, Mary Anne Hardy, Through Cities and Prairie Lands:
3. (intransitive) To appear in a photograph.
   • She photographs well. The camera loves her.
   • He told me that he liked Dolls Kill just fine—its clothes photographed well and he always wore them to Coachella—but attending this event was basically work for him. 2021 February 6, Rachel Monroe, “Ultra-fast Fashion Is Eating the World”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2021:

Forms

Deriveds

rephotograph · photographable · outphotograph · unphotographed · overphotographed

Translations (111)

bo དཔར་རྒྱག (to take a photograph) · km ថត (to take a photograph) · my ဓာတ်ပုံရိုက် (to take a photograph) · cmn 攝影 /摄影 (to take a photograph) · mn сүүдэр авах (to take a photograph) · nl een foto nemen (to take a photograph) · ky сүрөткө түшүрүү (to take a photograph) · mk фотографи́ра (to take a photograph) · vi chụp (to take a photograph) · lo ຖ່າຽຮູບ (to take a photograph) · it fotografare (to take a photograph) · ko 촬영하다 (to take a photograph) · hu fotózik (to take a photograph) · vi chụp ảnh (to take a photograph) · sh fotografírati (to take a photograph) · tr resim çekmek (to take a photograph) · dsb fotografěrowaś (to take a photograph) · nv iiłkeed (to take a photograph) · ja 写す (to take a photograph) · be здыма́ць (to take a photograph) · tr fotoğraf çekmek (to take a photograph) · uk сфотографува́ти (to take a photograph) · ca fotografiar (to take a photograph) · ko 사진을 찍다 (to take a photograph) · ky фотографиялоо (to take a photograph) · uz surat olmoq (to take a photograph) · bo པར་རྒྱག (to take a photograph) · tr fotoğraflamak (to take a photograph) · ka სურათის გადაღება (to take a photograph) · bg фотографи́рам (to take a photograph) · eo foti (to take a photograph) · mhr велаш (to take a photograph) · bg сни́мам (to take a photograph) · ml ഫോട്ടോ എടുക്കുക (to take a photograph) · fi valokuvata (to take a photograph) · el φωτογραφίζω (to take a photograph) · et pildistama (to take a photograph) · cs fotografovat (to take a photograph) · gl fotografar (to take a photograph) · ast fotografiar (to take a photograph) · cs vyfotografovat (to take a photograph) · de fotografieren (to take a photograph) · fa عکس گرفتن (to take a photograph) · hi फ़ोटो लेना (to take a photograph) · ja 写真を撮る (to take a photograph) · nl fotograferen (to take a photograph) · es tomar una foto (to take a photograph) · eo fotografi (to take a photograph) · uk зніма́ти (to take a photograph) · km ថតរូប (to take a photograph) · is ljósmynda (to take a photograph) · fi ottaa kuva (to take a photograph) · pl sfotografować (to take a photograph) · hy լուսանկարել (to take a photograph) · ase 1@NearCheek-1@NearCheek X@NearCheek-X@NearCheek (to take a photograph) · be сфатаграфава́ць (to take a photograph) · az (şəklini) çəkmək (to take a photograph) · da fotografere (to take a photograph) · be фатаграфава́ць (to take a photograph) · lv fotografēt (to take a photograph) · sk fotiť (to take a photograph) · hi फ़ोटो करना (to take a photograph) · es escrachar (to take a photograph) · ko 찍다 (to take a photograph) · jje 치다 (to take a photograph) · vi chụp hình (to take a photograph) · kk суретке түсіру (to take a photograph) · tt фото төшерергә (to take a photograph) · cmn 拍攝 /拍摄 (to take a photograph) · uk зня́ти (to take a photograph) · mn зураг авах (to take a photograph) · fr photographier (to take a photograph) · he צילם \ צִלֵּם (to take a photograph) · ar اِلْتَقَطَ صُورَة (to take a photograph) · es fotografiar (to take a photograph) · ru сфотографи́ровать (to take a photograph) · th ถ่ายรูป (to take a photograph) · io fotografar (to take a photograph) · cmn 照相 (to take a photograph) · tg сурат гирифтан (to take a photograph) · ja 撮影する (to take a photograph) · et fotografeerima (to take a photograph) · sv fota (to take a photograph) · hu fényképez (to take a photograph) · cmn 拍照 (to take a photograph) · be зняць (to take a photograph) · sv plåta (to take a photograph) · ru снять (to take a photograph) · gd tog dealbh (to take a photograph) · pt fotografar (to take a photograph) · ro fotografia (to take a photograph) · oc fotografiar (to take a photograph) · ru снима́ть (to take a photograph) · sl fotografirati (to take a photograph) · dsb fotografowaś (to take a photograph) · rue сфотоґрафовац (to take a photograph) · haw paʻi (to take a photograph) · sv fotografera (to take a photograph) · mi whakaahua (to take a photograph) · jje 사진을 치다 (to take a photograph) · mr फोटो काढणे (to take a photograph) · uk фотографува́ти (to take a photograph) · sk fotografovať (to take a photograph) · mn гэрэл зураг авах (to take a photograph) · sh фотографи́рати (to take a photograph) · th ถ่ายภาพ (to take a photograph) · no fotografere (to take a photograph) · pl fotografować (to take a photograph) · gu ફોટો પાડવું (to take a photograph) · ru фотографи́ровать (to take a photograph) · mi tango whakaahua (to take a photograph)