English Explanatory Dictionary

photography

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart.
  2. The occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs.

Pronunciation

/fəˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fi/ /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fi/ En-us-photography.ogg /ˌfoʈɵˌɡrafi/

Word forms

photography photographies

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-) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) French photographiebor. English photography From French photographie. By surface analysis, photo- + -graphy, together meaning "drawing with light" or "representation by means of lines", "drawing". From φῶς (phôs, “of light”), and γράφω (gráphō, “write, draw”).

Related words

phonography photographer photographic

Derived words

aerial photography aerophotography antiphotography astrophotography chromophotography chronophotography cinemaphotography cinephotography color photography digital photography director of photography electrophotography fan camera photography femto-photography femtophotography flash photography foodtography glamour photography Kirlian photography lithophotography Lomography macrophotography metaphotography microphotography multiphotography mycography orthophotography phoneography photographist principal photography psychic photography pyrophotography radiophotography rephotography reprography scanography schlieren photography spectrophotography spirit photography stereophotography telephotography thoughtography tri-camera photography ultramicrophotography
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