Dictionary

photographic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌfəʊtəˈɡɹæfɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˌfoʊɾəˈɡɹæfɪk] US, flapping
• (Southern-England) audio

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- Ancient Greek -γραφικός (-graphikós)der. Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -graphic ▲ English photo- ▲ Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photograph ▲ English -ic English photographic From photo- + -graphic or photograph + -ic.

Meanings

1. Pertaining to photographs or photography.
   • There is also a fine dance and concert hall, a capacious reading room, a well-appointed billiards room with five tables, various committee and games rooms, photographic dark rooms, and a small but compact ladies' lounge. 1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine, page 150:
   • This shop stocks all the latest photographic equipment.
2. (figuratively) Synonym of accurate.
   • What each evangelist preserved is not a photographic reproduction of the words and deeds of Jesus, but an interpretative portrait delineated in accord with the special needs of the early church.

Forms

Deriveds

pseudophotographic · prephotographic · photographic plate · stereophotographic · photographic interpretation · cinephotographic · chromophotographic · photographically · electrophotographic · photographic emulsion · photographic memory · photographic paper · chronophotographic · microphotographic · macrophotographic · telephotographic · photographical · alphaphotographic · radiophotographic · nonphotographic · photographic artist

Synonyms

accurate

Translations (53)

cs fotografický (of or pertaining to photography) · gl fotográfico (of or pertaining to photographs) · id fotografis (of or pertaining to photographs) · ast fotográficu (of or pertaining to photography) · pt fotográfico (of or pertaining to photographs) · ga fótagrafach (of or pertaining to photography) · pt fotográfico (of or pertaining to photography) · nl fotografisch (of or pertaining to photographs) · ca fotogràfic (of or pertaining to photographs) · be фатаграфі́чны (of or pertaining to photographs) · fi fotografinen (of or pertaining to photographs) · sk fotografije (of or pertaining to photographs) · de fotografisch (of or pertaining to photography) · fi valokuva- (of or pertaining to photographs) · vo fotografotik (of or pertaining to photographs) · nb fotografisk (of or pertaining to photography) · oc fotografic (of or pertaining to photography) · lv fotogrāfisks (of or pertaining to photographs) · fr photographique (of or pertaining to photographs) · be фатаграфі́чны (of or pertaining to photography) · ca fotogràfic (of or pertaining to photography) · hy լուսանկարչական (of or pertaining to photography) · lv fotogrāfisks (of or pertaining to photography) · cs fotografický (of or pertaining to photographs) · gl fotográfico (of or pertaining to photography) · fi fotografinen (of or pertaining to photography) · tl sangnginagin (of or pertaining to photography) · oc fotografic (of or pertaining to photographs) · nb fotografisk (of or pertaining to photographs) · es fotográfico (of or pertaining to photography) · sv fotografisk (of or pertaining to photographs) · vo fotografik (of or pertaining to photography) · el φωτογραφικός (of or pertaining to photographs) · uk фотографі́чний (of or pertaining to photography) · de fotografisch (of or pertaining to photographs) · ast fotográficu (of or pertaining to photographs) · pl fotograficzny (of or pertaining to photography) · ru фотографи́ческий (of or pertaining to photographs) · es fotográfico (of or pertaining to photographs) · vo litamagik (of or pertaining to photography) · nl fotografisch (of or pertaining to photography) · fr photographique (of or pertaining to photography) · pl fotograficzny (of or pertaining to photographs) · el φωτογραφικός (of or pertaining to photography) · nn fotografisk (of or pertaining to photographs) · fi valokuvaus- (of or pertaining to photography) · tl sangnginagin (of or pertaining to photographs) · ga fótagrafach (of or pertaining to photographs) · nn fotografisk (of or pertaining to photography) · ru фотографи́ческий (of or pertaining to photography) · hu fotográfiai (of or pertaining to photography) · uk фотографі́чний (of or pertaining to photographs) · vo fotogafik (of or pertaining to photography)