photography

A2 Topic:Art & Music

US /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fi/ UK /fəˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fi/ See IPA manual

Freq #6307

Meanings

1

noun
The art and activity of taking photographs.

She signed up for a photography course this summer.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the art and activity of... picture taking

Word family

Forms photographies

Derived forms aerophotographyantiphotographyastrophotographychromophotographychronophotographycinemaphotographycinephotographyelectrophotographyfemto-photographyfemtophotographyfoodtographylithophotography

Related forms phonographyphotographer photographic

Common collocations

aerial photography Adjective + noun

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-) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) French photographiebor. English 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”).

photographie French

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# photography

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fi/
**IPA (UK):** /fəˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fi/
**Frequency rank:** 6307

## Meanings
1. The art and activity of taking photographs.

## Examples
- She signed up for a photography course this summer.

## Derived Forms
- aerophotography
- antiphotography
- astrophotography
- chromophotography
- chronophotography
- cinemaphotography
- cinephotography
- electrophotography
- femto-photography
- femtophotography
- foodtography
- lithophotography

## Related Forms
- phonography
- photographer
- photographic

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: photographie
- Affix: -graphy - writing

## 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-) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) French photographiebor. English 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”).

## AI Etymology
Photography comes 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”). The historical chain includes photographie (French). In present-day English it covers the art and activity of taking photographs. The wider family includes derived forms such as aerophotography, antiphotography, astrophotography, chromophotography, chronophotography and related forms such as phonography, photographer, photographic.

## Topics
- Art & Music

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