photograph
Etymology

From photo- + -graph.

Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈfəʊ.tə.ˌɡɹɑːf/, [ˈfəʊ̯.tʰə̥.ˌɡɹ̠ɑːf]
  • (America) IPA: /ˈfoʊ.tə.ˌɡɹæf/, [ˈfoʊ̯.ɾə.ˌɡɹ̠æf]
Noun

photograph (plural photographs)

  1. A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.
Translations Verb

photograph (photographs, present participle photographing; simple past and past participle photographed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To take a photograph (of).
    • 1891, Philip Gilbert Hamerton, The Graphic Arts: A Treatise on the Varieties of Drawing:
      He makes his pen drawing on white paper, and they are afterwards photographed on wood.
  2. (transitive, figurative) To fix permanently in the memory etc.
    • 1881, Mary Anne Hardy, Through Cities and Prairie Lands:
      He is photographed on my mind.
  3. (intransitive) To appear in a photograph.
    She photographs well. The camera loves her.
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