photograph
UK/ˈfəʊ.təˌɡɹɑːf//ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/
photograph noun: a picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.
Noun
photograph (plural photographs)
- 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
Verb
photograph (third-person singular simple present photographs, present participle photographing, simple past and past participle photographed)
- 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
- 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
- To fix permanently in the memory etc.
- He is photographed on my mind.1881, Mary Anne Hardy, Through Cities and Prairie Lands
- 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
- 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
photograph meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
photograph in Hindi
- picture
- फ़ोटो foṭo, तस्वीर tasvīr, चित्र citra, फोटो phoṭo, छायाचित्र chāyācitra, फोटोग्राफ phoṭogrāph
- to take a photograph
- फ़ोटो करना foṭo karnā, फ़ोटो लेना foṭo lenā
photograph in Tamil
- புகைப்படம்
photograph in Marathi
- picture
- छायाचित्र chāyācitra, फोटो phoṭo
- to take a photograph
- फोटो काढणे phoṭo kāḍhṇe
photograph in Urdu
- picture
- فوٹو foṭo, تَصْوِیر tasvīr, عَکْس 'aks
More languagesFewer languages
- photograph in Bengali
- ফটোগ্রাফ phoṭōgraph, ফটো phoṭō
- photograph in Malayalam
- ഫോട്ടോ എടുക്കുക phōṭṭō eṭukkuka
- photograph in Kannada
- ಚಿತ್ರ citra
- photograph in Gujarati
- ફોટો પાડવું phoṭo pāḍvũ
- photograph in Assamese
- ফটো phtü
- photograph in Pashto
- عکس برداري 'aks bardāri, عکس 'aks
- photograph in Tagalog
- talangnginag, litrato
- photograph in Arabic
- صُورَة ṣūra, صُورَة شَمْسِيَّة ṣūra šamsiyya, تَصْوِيرَة taṣwīra, اِلْتَقَطَ صُورَة iltaqaṭa ṣūra
- photograph in Malay
- foto, gambar
- photograph in Indonesian
- foto, fotograf
- photograph in Persian
- عکس گرفتن 'aks gereftan
- photograph in Thai
- รูปถ่าย rûup-tàai, ภาพถ่าย pâap-pá-tàai, ฉายาลักษณ์ chǎa-yaa-lák, รูป rûup
- photograph in Vietnamese
- hình, ảnh, chụp ảnh, chụp hình
- photograph in Myanmar
- ဓာတ်ပုံ dhatpum, ဓာတ်ပုံရိုက် dhatpumruik
- Dhivehi
- ފޮޓޯއެކެވެ foṭōekeve
Examples of photograph in a sentence
- None of these photographs of me are good, but this one is definitely the worst.
- The chiromancer examined my palms first, and eventually had my hands photographed.
- She captured the details of the fresco in a series of photographs.
Forms of photograph
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | photographs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | photographs |
| present participle | photographing |
| past participle | photographed |
| past | photographed |
Origin of photograph
From photo- + -graph.
Words formed from photograph
- 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
Questions about photograph
- What does photograph mean?
- Photograph means a picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.
- What is photograph in Hindi?
- Photograph in Hindi is फ़ोटो (foṭo), तस्वीर (tasvīr), चित्र (citra). See Photograph meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is photograph?
- Photograph can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce photograph?
- Photograph is pronounced /ˈfəʊ.təˌɡɹɑːf/ (UK).
- What is the plural of photograph?
- The plural of photograph is photographs.
Words near photograph in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: photograph (page history and authors); photograph (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಚಿತ್ರ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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Cite this entry: “photograph.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/photograph. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.