US /ˌfoʊɾəˈɡɹæfɪk/ UK /ˌfəʊtəˈɡɹæfɪk/
adj Freq #15228

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    relating to photography or obtained by using photography

    Photographic equipment.

  2. 2
    adj

    Pertaining to photographs or photography.

    This shop stocks all the latest photographic equipment.

  3. 3
    adj

    Synonym of accurate.

    What each evangelist preserved is not a photographic reproduction of the words and deeds of Jesus, but an interpretative portrait delineated in accord with the special needs of the early church.

  4. 4
    adj

    representing people or nature with the exactness and fidelity of a photograph

Thesaurus

Synonyms
3 adj · synonym of accurate. accurate
Word family
Forms photographically
Derived forms alphaphotographicchromophotographicchronophotographiccinephotographicelectrophotographicmacrophotographicmicrophotographicnonphotographicphotographicalphotographicallyprephotographicpseudophotographic

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Ancient Greek -γραφικός (-graphikós)der. Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor....

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