photography
Syllables: pho·to·gra·phyUK/fəˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fi//fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fi/
photography noun: the art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart.
Noun
photography (usually uncountable, plural photographies)
- The art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart.
- go on a photography course
- The occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs.
photography meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
photography in Hindi
- art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces
- छायाचित्र chāyācitra, फ़ोटोग्राफ़ी foṭogrāfī, फोटोग्राफी phoṭogrāphī
photography in Tamil
- art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces
- புகைப்படம் pukaippaṭam, போட்டோகிராபி pōṭṭōkirāpi
photography in Urdu
- art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces
- عکاسی akkāsī, عکس بندی aks-bandī, تصویر کشی tasvīr-kaśī
photography in Bengali
- art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces
- ফটোগ্রাফি phoṭōgraphi, ফটোগ্রাফী phoṭōgraphi
More languagesFewer languages
- photography in Telugu
- ఛాయాగ్రహణం chāyāgrahaṇaṁ
- photography in Malayalam
- ഛായാഗ്രഹണം, പ്രകാശചിത്രകല, സൂര്യകാന്തിലിഖിതം, പടമെടുക്കൽ
- photography in Kannada
- ಛಾಯಾಗ್ರಹಣ chāyāgrahaṇa
- photography in Tagalog
- palanginagan
- photography in Arabic
- تَصْوِير taṣwīr, فُوتُوغْرَافِيَّا futuḡrafiyyā
- photography in Malay
- fotografi
- photography in Indonesian
- fotografi
- photography in Persian
- عکاسی 'akkâsi
- photography in Thai
- การถ่ายภาพ gaan-tàai-pâap
- photography in Vietnamese
- nhiếp ảnh
Examples of photography in a sentence
- Flash photography is forbidden in the main gallery because it may damage the paintings.
- My sister likes all things photography.
- The fourth article is all about autumnal leaf photography tips to get our Instagram photos looking lit.
Forms of photography
| plural | photographies |
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Origin of 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”).
Words formed from photography
- 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
Words that rhyme with photography
- geography
- choreography
- orthography
- topography
- chirography
- hagiography
- heliography
- phonography
- semiography
- acrography
- autography
- bibliography
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- cacography
- chromography
- demography
- discography
- iconography
- isography
- logography
- ludography
- metallography
- micrography
- paleography
- pantography
- pornography
- scenography
- typography
- videography
- aerography
- archaeography
- arteriography
- arthrography
- autobiography
- autohagiography
- biogeography
- biography
- cartography
- cerography
- chronography
- cinematography
- cosmography
- crystallography
- dactylography
- demonography
- dittography
- electrography
- enterography
- ethnography
- etymography
- exogeography
- fluorography
- galvanography
- glossography
- heterography
- historiography
- homography
- horologiography
- ichnography
- laryngography
- mechanography
Questions about photography
- What does photography mean?
- Photography means the art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart.
- What is photography in Hindi?
- Photography in Hindi is छायाचित्र (chāyācitra), फ़ोटोग्राफ़ी (foṭogrāfī), फोटोग्राफी (phoṭogrāphī). See Photography meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is photography?
- Photography is a noun.
- How do you pronounce photography?
- Photography is pronounced /fəˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of photography?
- The plural of photography is photographies.
Words near photography in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: photography (page history and authors); ఛాయాగ్రహణం (Telugu) (page history and authors); photography (Malayalam 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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