photographer
/fəˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fə/US/fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/
photographer noun: one who takes photographs, typically as an occupation.
Noun
photographer (plural photographers)
- One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation.
- Award-winning Sydney photographer Stephen Dupont’s latest exhibition focuses on change and detribalisation in Papua New Guinea .2015 July 3, “The Outside Land”, in The Guardian
- Multiple photographers worried privately in conversations with Axios that the images from the rally could turn into a kind of "photoganda," with the Trump campaign using them to further their agenda despite the photographers' intent of capturing a news event.2024 July 15, Aïda Amer, “How photographers view the photos of Trump's assassination attempt”, in Axios
- Synonyms:
- lensman, lenswoman, photog, tog, photographist
photographer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
photographer in Hindi
- one who takes photographs
- फ़ोटोग्रफ़र foṭografar, छायाकार chāyākār
photographer in Tamil
- புகைப்படம் பிடிப்பவர்
photographer in Marathi
- one who takes photographs
- छायाचित्रकार chāyācitrakār, फोटोग्राफर phoṭogrāphar
photographer in Urdu
- one who takes photographs
- فوٹوگْرافَر foṭogrāfar, عَکّاس 'akkās
More languagesFewer languages
- photographer in Bengali
- ফটোগ্রাফার phoṭōgraphar
- photographer in Malayalam
- പടമെടുക്കുന്നയാൾ, ഛായാപടമെടുക്കുന്നയാൾ, ഛായാചിത്രസൃഷ്ടാവ്
- photographer in Kannada
- ಛಾಯಾಚಿತ್ರಗ್ರಾಹಕ, ನೆರಳುತಿಟ್ಟಗ
- photographer in Pashto
- عکاس 'akās
- photographer in Tagalog
- manginginag
- photographer in Arabic
- مُصَوِّر muṣawwir, مُصَوِّرَة muṣawwira
- photographer in Malay
- juru gambar
- photographer in Indonesian
- fotograf, juru potret, fotografer
- photographer in Persian
- عَکّاس 'akkâs
- photographer in Thai
- ช่างภาพ châng-pâap, ตากล้อง dtaa-glɔ̂ng, นักถ่ายภาพ nák-tàai-pâap
- photographer in Vietnamese
- nhà nhiếp ảnh, thợ nhiếp ảnh, nhiếp ảnh gia
- photographer in Myanmar
- ဓာတ်ပုံဆရာ dhatpumhca.ra
Examples of photographer in a sentence
- It was ill-advised of Sam to moon the photographer during the shoot.
- Joe apprenticed three different photographers before setting up his own studio.
- Photographers use a photometer to measure the density of light from a scene.
Synonyms of photographer
Forms of photographer
| plural | photographers |
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Origin of photographer
From photograph + -er, from Ancient Greek φωτός (phōtós), genitive singular of φῶς (phôs, “light”) (fōs) and γράφω (gráphō, “I write”). By surface analysis, photograph + er.
Words formed from photographer
Questions about photographer
- What does photographer mean?
- Photographer means one who takes photographs, typically as an occupation.
- What is photographer in Hindi?
- Photographer in Hindi is फ़ोटोग्रफ़र (foṭografar), छायाकार (chāyākār). See Photographer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is photographer?
- Photographer is a noun.
- How do you pronounce photographer?
- Photographer is pronounced /fəˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of photographer?
- The plural of photographer is photographers.
Words near photographer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: photographer (page history and authors); photographer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); photographer (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); photographer (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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