adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to photographs or photography.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- This shop stocks all the latest photographic equipment.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
photographic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌfəʊtəˈɡɹæfɪk/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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[ˌfoʊɾəˈɡɹæfɪk] US, flapping
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rhymes with -æfɪk
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CMU ARPABET: F OW2 T AH0 G R AE1 F IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Synonym of accurate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: accurate
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
relating to photography or obtained by using photography
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- photographic equipment
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
representing people or nature with the exactness and fidelity of a photograph
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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 γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) 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. Middle English -ik English -ic English -graphic ▲ English photo- ▲ Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photograph ▲ English -ic English photographic From photo- + -graphic or photograph + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: fotográficu — of or pertaining to photographs
- Belarusian: фатаграфі́чны (fatahrafíčny) — of or pertaining to photographs
- Catalan: fotogràfic — of or pertaining to photographs
- Czech: fotografický — of or pertaining to photographs
- Dutch: fotografisch — of or pertaining to photographs
- French: photographique — of or pertaining to photographs
- Galician: fotográfico — of or pertaining to photographs
- German: fotografisch — of or pertaining to photographs
- Greek: φωτογραφικός (fotografikós) — of or pertaining to photographs
- Indonesian: fotografis — of or pertaining to photographs
- Irish: fótagrafach — of or pertaining to photographs
- Latvian: fotogrāfisks — of or pertaining to photographs
- Norwegian Bokmål: fotografisk — of or pertaining to photographs
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fotografisk — of or pertaining to photographs
- Occitan: fotografic — of or pertaining to photographs
- Polish: fotograficzny — of or pertaining to photographs
- Portuguese: fotográfico — of or pertaining to photographs
- Russian: фотографи́ческий (fotografíčeskij) — of or pertaining to photographs
- Slovak: fotografije — of or pertaining to photographs
- Spanish: fotográfico — of or pertaining to photographs
- Swedish: fotografisk — of or pertaining to photographs
- Tagalog: sangnginagin — of or pertaining to photographs
- Ukrainian: фотографі́чний (fotohrafíčnyj) — of or pertaining to photographs
- Volapük: fotografotik — of or pertaining to photographs
- Armenian: լուսանկարչական (lusankarčʻakan) — of or pertaining to photography
- Asturian: fotográficu — of or pertaining to photography
- Belarusian: фатаграфі́чны (fatahrafíčny) — of or pertaining to photography
- Catalan: fotogràfic — of or pertaining to photography
- Czech: fotografický — of or pertaining to photography
- Dutch: fotografisch — of or pertaining to photography
- French: photographique — of or pertaining to photography
- Galician: fotográfico — of or pertaining to photography
- German: fotografisch — of or pertaining to photography
- Greek: φωτογραφικός (fotografikós) — of or pertaining to photography
- Hungarian: fotográfiai — of or pertaining to photography
- Irish: fótagrafach — of or pertaining to photography
- Latvian: fotogrāfisks — of or pertaining to photography
- Norwegian Bokmål: fotografisk — of or pertaining to photography
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fotografisk — of or pertaining to photography
- Occitan: fotografic — of or pertaining to photography
- Polish: fotograficzny — of or pertaining to photography
- Portuguese: fotográfico — of or pertaining to photography
- Russian: фотографи́ческий (fotografíčeskij) — of or pertaining to photography
- Spanish: fotográfico — of or pertaining to photography
- Tagalog: sangnginagin — of or pertaining to photography
- Ukrainian: фотографі́чний (fotohrafíčnyj) — of or pertaining to photography
- Volapük: fotografik — of or pertaining to photography
- Volapük: fotogafik — of or pertaining to photography
- Volapük: litamagik — of or pertaining to photography
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