English Explanatory Dictionary

photograph

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.
verb
  1. To take a photograph (of).
  2. To fix permanently in the memory etc.
  3. To appear in a photograph.

Pronunciation

/ˈfəʊ.təˌɡɹɑːf/ [ˈfəʊ̯.tʰə̥ˌɡɹ̠ɑːf] /ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/ [ˈfoʊ̯.ɾəˌɡɹ̠æf] en-us-photograph.ogg

Word forms

photograph photographs photographing photographed

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- 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.

Derived words

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