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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)

  1. (usually) The art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart.
    • go on a photography course
  2. (usually) 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
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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.

All 40 example sentences with photography

Forms of photography

pluralphotographies

Plural of photography: photographies

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

Words that rhyme with photography

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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

  1. photographometer
  2. photographometers
  3. photographone
  4. photographones
  5. photographs
  6. photography
  7. photogravitational
  8. photogravitropic
  9. photogravure
  10. photogravured
  11. photogravures

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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