photography

English

Etymology

From French photographie. Surface etymology is photo- +‎ -graphy, together meaning "drawing with light" or "representation by means of lines", "drawing". From φωτός (phōtós, “(genitive) of light”), and γράφω (gráphō, “I write”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /fəˈtɒɡɹəfi/
(US) IPA^(key): /fəˈtɑɡɹəfi/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi
Hyphenation: pho‧tog‧ra‧phy

Noun

photography (usually uncountable, plural photographies)

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

Derived terms

astrophotography
digital photography
flash photography

Related terms

Translations

art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces

Albanian: fotografia
Arabic: تَصْوِير‎ m (taṣwīr), فُوتُوغْرَافِيَّا‎ f (futuḡrafiyyā)
Aragonese: fotografía
Armenian: լուսանկարչություն (hy) (lusankarčʿutʿyun)
Asturian: fotografía
Azerbaijani: fotoqrafiya (az)
Bambara: kɔtɛba
Basque: argazkigintza
Bavarian: Photographie
Belarusian: фатагра́фія (fatahráfija)
Bengali: ফটোগ্রাফি (fôţografi), ফটোগ্রাফী (fôţografi)
Breton: luc'hskeudennerezh
Bulgarian: фотогра́фия (bg) f (fotográfija)
Catalan: fotografia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 攝影 (zh), 摄影 (zh) (shèyǐng)
Chuvash: фотографи (fotografi)
Corsican: fotugrafia
Czech: fotografie (cs)
Danish: fotografi (da)
Dutch: fotografie (nl) f
Esperanto: fotarto
Estonian: fotograafia
Finnish: valokuvaus (fi), valokuvaaminen (fi)
French: photographie (fr) f
Friulian: fotografie
Galician: fotografía (gl)
Georgian: ფოტოგრაფია (poṭograpia)
German: Fotografie (de) f
Greek: φωτογραφία (el) f (fotografía)
Hebrew: צילום‎ (tzilém)
Hindi: छायाचित्र (hi) (chāyācitr), फ़ोटोग्राफ़ी f (foṭogrāfī)
Hungarian: fényképezés (hu)

Indonesian: fotografi (id)
Italian: fotografia (it) f
Japanese: 写真撮影 (shashin satsuei), 写真術 (shashinjutsu), 撮影 (ja) (さつえい, satsuei)
Khmer: ឆាយាលេខន៍ (cʰaayaa leek), សិល្បៈថតរូប (səl tʰɑɑt ruup)
Korean: 사진술 (ko) (sajinsul)
Latin: photographia f
Latvian: fotogrāfija
Lithuanian: fotografija f
Malay: fotografi
Maltese: fotografija
Norwegian: fotografi (no)
Pennsylvania German: Pikder
Persian: عکاسی‎ (fa) (akkâsi)
Polish: fotografia (pl) f
Portuguese: fotografia (pt) f
Romanian: fotografie (ro) f
Russian: фотогра́фия (ru) f (fotográfija)
Samogitian: puortėgrapėjė f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: фотографија f

Roman: fotografija (sh) f
Shor: соом (soom)
Slovak: fotografia f, snímka f
Spanish: fotografía (es) f
Swedish: fotografi (sv) c
Tagalog: palanginagan
Thai: การถ่ายภาพ (gaan-tàai-pâap)
Ukrainian: фотогра́фія f (fotohráfija)
Vietnamese: nhiếp ảnh (vi)
Volapük: fotograf (vo), (older term, obsolete) fotogaf, (older term) litamag, (color) kölafotograf
Walloon: fotografeye (wa) f
Welsh: ffotograffiaeth (cy)
West Frisian: fotografy c, fotografie c

occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs

Catalan: fotografia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 攝影 (zh), 摄影 (zh) (shèyǐng)
Czech: fotografování n
Dutch: fotografie (nl) f
Finnish: valokuvaus (fi), valokuvaaminen (fi)
French: photographie (fr) f
German: Fotografie (de) f
Greek: φωτογραφική (el) f (fotografikí)
Hungarian: fotózás (hu)
Khmer: ថតរូប (tʰɑɑt ruup)

Maltese: fotografu
Portuguese: fotografia (pt) f
Romanian: fotografia (ro) f
Russian: фотогра́фия (ru) f (fotográfija)
Serbo-Croatian: fotografija (sh) f
Spanish: fotografía (es) f
Swedish: fotografering (sv) c
Thai: การถ่ายภาพ (gaan-tàai-pâap)
Turkish: fotoğrafçılık (tr)
West Frisian: fotografy c, fotografie c

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Translations to be checked

Italian: ^{(please verify)} fotografia (it) f

Slovak: ^{(please verify)} fotografia f

Anagrams

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