photography

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /fəˈtɒ.ɡɹə.fi/
(US) IPA^(key): /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fi/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi
Hyphenation: pho‧to‧gra‧phy

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.

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art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces

Afrikaans: fotografie (af)
Albanian: fotografia ?
Arabic: تَصْوِير m (taṣwīr), فُوتُوغْرَافِيَّا f (futuḡrafiyyā)
Aragonese: fotografía f
Armenian: լուսանկարչություն (hy) (lusankarčʻutʻyun)
Asturian: fotografía (ast) f
Azerbaijani: fotoqrafiya (az)
Bambara: kɔtɛba
Basque: argazkigintza, argazkilaritza
Bavarian: Photographie ?
Belarusian: фатагра́фія (fatahráfija)
Bengali: ফটোগ্রাফি (bn) (phoṭōgraphi), ফটোগ্রাফী (bn) (phoṭōgraphi)
Breton: luc'hskeudennerezh ?
Bulgarian: фотогра́фия (bg) f (fotográfija)
Catalan: fotografia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 攝影／摄影 (zh) (shèyǐng)
Chuvash: фотографи (fot̬ografi)
Corsican: fotugrafia f
Czech: fotografie (cs) f
Danish: fotografi (da) n
Dutch: fotografie (nl) f
Esperanto: fotarto
Estonian: fotograafia
Finnish: valokuvaus (fi), valokuvaaminen (fi)
French: photographie (fr) f
Friulian: fotografie ?
Galician: fotografía (gl) f
Georgian: ფოტოგრაფია (poṭograpia)
German: Fotografie (de) f
Greek: φωτογραφία (el) f (fotografía)
Hebrew: צילום m (tzilém)
Hindi: छायाचित्र (hi) ? (chāyācitra), फ़ोटोग्राफ़ी f (foṭogrāfī), फोटोग्राफी (hi) m (phoṭogrāphī)
Hungarian: fényképezés (hu)
Icelandic: ljósmyndun f
Ido: fotografado (io)
Indonesian: fotografi (id)
Irish: grianghrafadóireacht f, fótagrafaíocht f
Italian: fotografia (it) f
Japanese: 写真撮影 (shashin satsuei), 写真術 (shashinjutsu), 撮影 (ja) (さつえい, satsuei)
Kannada: ಛಾಯಾಗ್ರಹಣ (chāyāgrahaṇa)
Kazakh: фотография (fotografiä)
Khmer: ឆាយាលេខន៍ (cʰaayaa leek), សិល្បៈថតរូប (səl tʰɑɑt ruup)
Korean: 사진술 (ko) (sajinsul)
Latin: photographia f
Latvian: fotogrāfija f
Lithuanian: fotografija f
Luxembourgish: Fotografie f
Macedonian: фотографија f (fotografija)
Malay: fotografi (ms)
Maltese: fotografija f
Maori: whakaahua
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fotografi (no) m

Nynorsk: fotografi m
Pennsylvania German: Pikder n
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: фотогра̀фија f

Roman: fotogràfija (sh) f
Shor: соом (soom)
Slovak: fotografia f, snímka f
Spanish: fotografía (es) f
Swahili: upigaji picha
Swedish: fotografi (sv) c
Tagalog: palanginagan
Tamil: புகைப்படம் (ta) (pukaippaṭam)
Thai: การถ่ายภาพ (gaan-tàai-pâap)
Turkish: fotoğrafçılık (tr)
Ukrainian: фотогра́фія f (fotohráfija)
Urdu: عکاسی (akkāsī), عکس بندی (aks-bandī), تصویر کشی (tasvīr-kaśī)
Vietnamese: nhiếp ảnh (vi)
Volapük: fotograf (vo), (older term, obsolete) fotogaf, (older term) litamag, (color) kölafotograf
Walloon: fotografeye (wa) f
Welsh: ffotograffiaeth (cy) f
West Frisian: fotografy c, fotografie c

occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs

Catalan: fotografia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 攝影／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: fotografija f
Polish: fotografowanie (pl) n
Portuguese: fotografia (pt) f
Romanian: fotografia (ro) f
Russian: фотогра́фия (ru) f (fotográfija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: фотогра̀фија f

Roman: fotogràfija (sh) f
Spanish: fotografía (es) f
Swahili: upigaji picha
Swedish: fotografering (sv) c
Thai: การถ่ายภาพ (gaan-tàai-pâap)
Turkish: fotoğrafçılık (tr)
West Frisian: fotografy c, fotografie c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Italian: ^{(please verify)} fotografia (it) f
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} fotografia f
Zazaki: ^{(please verify)} fotografantoğiye (diq) f

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