photographer

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• Received-Pronunciation: /fəˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fə/
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• General-American: /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/
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• CMU ARPABET: F AH0 T AA1 G R AH0 F ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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- Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photograph Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English photographer From photograph + -er, from Ancient Greek φωτός (phōtós), genitive singular of φῶς (phôs, “light”) (fōs) and γράφω (gráphō, “I write”). By surface analysis, photograph + er.

140 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: fotograaf — one who takes photographs
• Albanian: fotograf — one who takes photographs
• Arabic: مُصَوِّر (muṣawwir) — one who takes photographs
• Arabic: مُصَوِّرَة (muṣawwira) — one who takes photographs
• Armenian: լուսանկարիչ (lusankaričʻ) — one who takes photographs
• Asturian: fotógrafu — one who takes photographs
• Azerbaijani: fotoqraf — one who takes photographs
• Basque: argazkilari — one who takes photographs
• Belarusian: фато́граф (fatóhraf) — one who takes photographs
• Bengali: ফটোগ্রাফার (phoṭōgraphar) — one who takes photographs
• Bulgarian: фотогра́ф (fotográf) — one who takes photographs
• Bulgarian: фотогра́фка (fotográfka) — one who takes photographs
• Burmese: ဓာတ်ပုံဆရာ (dhatpumhca.ra) — one who takes photographs
• Catalan: fotògraf — one who takes photographs
• Cebuano: kodaker — one who takes photographs
• Cebuano: litratista — one who takes photographs
• Cebuano: mamiktyuray — one who takes photographs
• Cebuano: mangungudak — one who takes photographs
• Cebuano: maniniyot — one who takes photographs
• Cebuano: retratista — one who takes photographs
• Chinese Mandarin: 攝影師 /摄影师 (shèyǐngshī) — one who takes photographs
• Czech: fotograf — one who takes photographs
• Czech: fotografka — one who takes photographs
• Danish: fotograf — one who takes photographs
• Dutch: fotograaf — one who takes photographs
• Esperanto: fotisto — one who takes photographs
• Esperanto: fotistino — one who takes photographs
• Estonian: fotograaf — one who takes photographs
• Finnish: valokuvaaja — one who takes photographs
• French: photographe — one who takes photographs
• French: photoseur — one who takes photographs
• Galician: fotógrafo — one who takes photographs
• Georgian: ფოტოგრაფი (poṭograpi) — one who takes photographs
• German: Fotograf — one who takes photographs
• German: Photograph — one who takes photographs
• German: Fotografin — one who takes photographs
• German: Photographin — one who takes photographs
• Greek: φωτογράφος (fotográfos) — one who takes photographs
• Hebrew: צַלָּם (tsalám) — one who takes photographs
• Hindi: फ़ोटोग्रफ़र (foṭografar) — one who takes photographs
• Hindi: छायाकार (chāyākār) — one who takes photographs
• Hungarian: fényképész — one who takes photographs
• Hungarian: fotós — one who takes photographs
• Hungarian: fotográfus — one who takes photographs
• Icelandic: ljósmyndari — one who takes photographs
• Ido: fotografisto — one who takes photographs
• Indonesian: fotograf — one who takes photographs
• Indonesian: juru potret — one who takes photographs
• Indonesian: fotografer — one who takes photographs
• Irish: grianghrafadóir — one who takes photographs
• Italian: fotografo — one who takes photographs
• Italian: fotografa — one who takes photographs
• Japanese: 撮影者 (satsueisha) — one who takes photographs
• Japanese: 写真師 (shashinshi) — one who takes photographs
• Japanese: 写真家 (shashinka) — one who takes photographs
• Kazakh: фотограф (fotograf) — one who takes photographs
• Kazakh: суретке түсіруші (suretke tüsıruşı) — one who takes photographs
• Khmer: អ្នកថតរូប (nĕək thɑɑt ruup) — one who takes photographs
• Korean: 사진사 (sajinsa) — one who takes photographs
• Korean: 사진가 (sajin'ga) — one who takes photographs
• Northern Kurdish: fotokêş — one who takes photographs
• Northern Kurdish: wênekêş — one who takes photographs
• Kyrgyz: фотограф (fotograf) — one who takes photographs
• Kyrgyz: сүрөтчү (sürötcü) — one who takes photographs
• Ladino: arretratador — one who takes photographs
• Lao: ນັກຖ່າຍຮູບ (nak thāi hūp) — one who takes photographs
• Latvian: fotogrāfs — one who takes photographs
• Latvian: fotogrāfe — one who takes photographs
• Lithuanian: fotografas — one who takes photographs
• Lithuanian: fotografė — one who takes photographs
• Macedonian: фотограф (fotograf) — one who takes photographs
• Malay: juru gambar — one who takes photographs
• Māori: kaitangowhakaahua — one who takes photographs
• Māori: kaiwhakaahua — one who takes photographs
• Marathi: छायाचित्रकार (chāyācitrakār) — one who takes photographs
• Marathi: फोटोग्राफर (phoṭogrāphar) — one who takes photographs
• Mongolian: зурагчин (zuragčin) — one who takes photographs
• Mongolian: ᠵᠢᠷᠤᠭᠴᠢᠨ (ǰiruɣčin) — one who takes photographs
• Norman: photographyi — one who takes photographs
• Norwegian Bokmål: fotograf — one who takes photographs
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fotograf — one who takes photographs
• Occitan: fotograf — one who takes photographs
• Pannonian Rusyn: фотоґраф (fotograf) — one who takes photographs
• Pannonian Rusyn: сликер (sliker) — one who takes photographs
• Pashto: عکاس ('akās) — one who takes photographs
• Persian: عَکّاس ('akkâs) — one who takes photographs
• Polish: fotograf — one who takes photographs
• Polish: fotografka — one who takes photographs
• Portuguese: fotógrafo — one who takes photographs
• Portuguese: fotógrafa — one who takes photographs
• Romanian: fotograf — one who takes photographs
• Romanian: fotografă — one who takes photographs
• Russian: фото́граф (fotógraf) — one who takes photographs
• Scottish Gaelic: dealbhaiche — one who takes photographs
• Scottish Gaelic: dealbhadair — one who takes photographs
• Serbo-Croatian: фото̀граф — one who takes photographs
• Serbo-Croatian: fotògraf — one who takes photographs
• Slovak: fotograf — one who takes photographs
• Slovak: fotografka — one who takes photographs
• Slovak: fotografista — one who takes photographs
• Slovak: fotografistka — one who takes photographs
• Slovene: fotogrȃf — one who takes photographs
• Slovene: fotografinja — one who takes photographs
• Spanish: fotógrafo — one who takes photographs
• Spanish: fotógrafa — one who takes photographs
• Swahili: mpiga picha — one who takes photographs
• Swedish: fotograf — one who takes photographs
• Tagalog: manginginag — one who takes photographs
• Tajik: фотограф (fotograf) — one who takes photographs
• Tajik: суратгир (suratgir) — one who takes photographs
• Tajik: аккос (akkos) — one who takes photographs
• Thai: ช่างภาพ (châng-pâap) — one who takes photographs
• Thai: ตากล้อง (dtaa-glɔ̂ng) — one who takes photographs
• Thai: นักถ่ายภาพ (nák-tàai-pâap) — one who takes photographs
• Turkish: fotoğrafçı — one who takes photographs
• Turkmen: fotograf — one who takes photographs
• Turkmen: suratçy — one who takes photographs
• Ukrainian: фото́граф (fotóhraf) — one who takes photographs
• Ukrainian: фотографи́ня (fotohrafýnja) — one who takes photographs
• Urdu: فوٹوگْرافَر (foṭogrāfar) — one who takes photographs
• Urdu: عَکّاس ('akkās) — one who takes photographs
• Uyghur: فوتوگراف (fotograf) — one who takes photographs
• Uyghur: فوتو سۈرەتچى (foto süretchi) — one who takes photographs
• Uyghur: سۈرەتچى (süretchi) — one who takes photographs
• Uzbek: fotograf — one who takes photographs
• Uzbek: fotosuratchi — one who takes photographs
• Uzbek: suratchi — one who takes photographs
• Vietnamese: nhà nhiếp ảnh — one who takes photographs
• Vietnamese: thợ nhiếp ảnh — one who takes photographs
• Vietnamese: nhiếp ảnh gia — one who takes photographs
• Volapük: fotografan — one who takes photographs
• Volapük: hifotografan — one who takes photographs
• Volapük: jifotografan — one who takes photographs
• Volapük: fotogafel — one who takes photographs
• Volapük: litamagel — one who takes photographs
• Volapük: kölafotografan — one who takes photographs
• Volapük: kölahifotografan — one who takes photographs
• Volapük: kölajifotografan — one who takes photographs
• Welsh: ffotograffydd — one who takes photographs
• Yiddish: פֿאָטאָגראַףֿ (fotograf) — one who takes photographs