Photograph

Definition: Photograph

Photograph

Noun

1. A picture of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material.

Verb

1. Record on photographic film"I photographed the scene of the accident".

2. Undergo being photographed in a certain way; "Children photograph well".

Date "photograph" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1855. (references)

Note: Photograph \Pho"to*graph\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Photographed; Photographing.]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Satire	PHOTOGRAPH, n. A picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. It is a little better than the work of an Apache, but not quite so good as that of a Cheyenne. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
Fine Arts	When the -- or any other type of picture is copied for half-tone reproduction. . Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Photograph

Synonyms: exposure (n), photo (n), pic (n), shoot (v), snap (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Painting	Photograph, color photograph, black-and-white photograph, holograph, heliograph; daguerreotype, talbotype, calotype, heliotype; negative, positive; print, glossy print, matte print; enlargement, reduction, life-size print; instant photo, Polaroid photo.
Representation	Verb: represent, delineate; depict, depicture; portray; take a likeness, catch a likeness; Noun: hit off, photograph, daguerreotype; snapshot; figure, shadow forth, shadow out; adumbrate; body forth; describe; trace, copy; mold.
	Picture, photo, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot; X-ray photo; movie film, movie; tracing, scan, TV image, video image, image file, graphics, computer graphics, televideo, closed-circuit TVerb:
Similarity	Parallel; simile; type; (metaphor); image; (representation); photograph; close resemblance, striking resemblance, speaking resemblance, faithful likeness, faithful resemblance.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	A photograph. (Coming to America; writing credit: David Sheffield) Oh no, you can't take my photograph. (Crocodile Dundee; writing credit: John Cornell; Paul Hogan) I learnt the difference between a fine oil painting, and a mechanical thing, like a photograph. The photograph shows only the reality (Harvey; writing credit: Mary Chase;) And in one moment it was all taken away, all because of a single photograph. I have it; they want it; and they will do anything to get the negative (Nowhere Man; writing credit: David E. Peckinpah; Richard Jefferies) Woody, you don't even like this man. He's been bothering you ever since he followed your girlfriend back from Paris, and now you're paying him to photograph you (Cheers; writing credit: Isaac Cronin; Wayne Wang)
Lyrics	I love to take a photograph (Kodachrome; performing artist: Paul Simon; writing credit: Paul Simon) I heard your voice through a photograph (Otherside; performing artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers) Nothin' but a photograph (Angelia; performing artist: Richard Marx)
Movie/TV Titles	This Is a Photograph (1971) The Lady of the Photograph (1917) Her Father's Photograph (1911) Fun in a Photograph Gallery (1900) Effect of a Certain Photograph (1898)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	The World Market for Statuettes and Ornaments, Photograph or Picture Frames, and Mirrors made of Base Metal: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	How to Photograph Buildings and Interiors (reference) How to Photograph Children: Secrets for Capturing Childhood's Magic Moments (reference) HOW TO PHOTOGRAPH CLOSE-UPS IN NATURE (reference) The Photograph (Oxford History of Art) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Photograph Collector (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	How to Photograph Children: The Professional Way (reference) How to Photograph Male Nudes (reference) How to Photograph Scale Models (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Lost Photograph (reference) Photograph of Nothing (reference) Photograph Smile (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	A female patient is lying on a bed with a technician positioning the patient's head in preparation for radiotherapy. This photograph was used in the NCI publication "When Someone in Your Family Has Cancer". Credit: Michael Anderson (photographer).		Pictured is a crowd scene of people walking outdoors. They are wearing light coats and jackets. Population studies tell much about how cancer is caused and how to prevent it. This photograph was in the NCI book "Decade of Discovery.". Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).
	Photomicrograph of Cryptosporidium parvum oocyts in stool smear, acid fast stain. Photograph of water fountain with sign that water is unsafe. Parasite. Credit: CDC.		Photograph of NCID Internet home page. Credit: CDC.
	NASA is releasing today a Hubble Space Telescope (HST) photograph of the most remarkable star ... Credit: NASA.		This photograph from the NASA Hubble Space Telescope presents the first clear view of one of ... Credit: NASA.
	Photograph taken of Comet P/Kohoutek from Skylab. (12/21/73). Credit: NASA.		Global images taken by the Wide-Field Planetary Camera 2on the Hubble Space Telescope. The top image is the Valles Marineris region(centered on roughly 60 degrees longitude), the middle image is the Tharsis region(centered on roughly 160 degrees longitude), and the bottom image is theSyrtis Major region (centered on roughly 270 degrees longitude).These three images are individual frames from one press release photograph. Credit: NASA.
	Photograph of the Coastal Zone Color Scanner. Credit: NASA.		A photograph of a photographer - John Burns of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game with a ribbon seal pup - Phoca fasciata. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals).
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Play	Caption
	Photo; photograph; camera; film; photographer; model; modeling; fashion; magazine; layout; photographic; photography.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Ansel Adams	You don't take a photograph, you make it.
	In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular ... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Here is a special photograph of the rabies virus. (references)
Civil Liberties	Nigeria	In April police beat a photographer and destroyed the film in his camera when he attempted to photograph a suspect leaving the Lagos High Court. (references)
	Namibia	During the year, police arrested and charged with interference with the police a journalist for The Namibian when he attempted to photograph a defendant in the CLA trials who was hospitalized at the time; the journalist's camera was confiscated, and he was detained briefly, but the charges were dropped the same day. (references)
	Venezuela	One newspaper editorialized that this threat was "extremely dangerous: his threat to display [the] photograph constitutes literally an incitement to a physical lynching." President Chavez also publicly accused media owners and institutions of tax evasion, sometimes citing individual persons or media. (references)
Travel	Korea	A photograph and a letter from an American company stating the purpose of travel must be submitted with the visa application; no written invitation from a Korean firm is required. (references)
	Bangladesh	One passport size photograph is also required. (references)
	Azerbaijan	The visitor needs to submit one photograph, pay USD40, and fill out an application. (references)
Women	Brunei	In 1999 a photograph of a man accused of stabbing his wife and assaulting one of his children was published in a daily newspaper, a new development in a country in which privacy generally is guarded closely. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	NOVEL, n. A short story padded. A species of composition bearing the same relation to literature that the panorama bears to art. As it is too long to be read at a sitting the impressions made by its successive parts are successively effaced, as in the panorama. Unity, totality of effect, is impossible; for besides the few pages last read all that is carried in mind is the mere plot of what has gone before. To the romance the novel is what photography is to painting. Its distinguishing principle, probability, corresponds to the literal actuality of the photograph and puts it distinctly into the category of reporting; whereas the free wing of the romancer enables him to mount to such altitudes of imagination as he may be fitted to attain; and the first three essentials of the literary art are imagination, imagination and imagination. The art of writing novels, such as it was, is long dead everywhere except in Russia, where it is new. Peace to its ashes -- some of which have a large sale.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Dominick Dunne	Well, I'm sure it will all go, you know, I'm sure the photograph albums and so forth will go to the Spencer family.
Samantha Geimer	I met him to do a photo shoot. So he had met my mother socially and asked to photograph me, I guess maybe he saw pictures of me or saw me.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Photograph" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.01% of the time. "Photograph" is used about 2,578 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	91.01%	2,347	3,790
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	7.01%	181	22,953
Lexical Verb (base form)	1.24%	32	61,292
Noun (proper)	0.66%	17	85,106
Noun (common)	0.08%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	2,578	N/A

Expressions using "photograph": air photograph ♦ Cabinet photograph ♦ colour photograph ♦ composite photograph ♦ identity photograph ♦ oblique air photograph ♦ photograph album ♦ photograph from the air ♦ photograph library ♦ photograph nadir ♦ photograph or portrait ♦ photograph print ♦ photograph well ♦ pinpoint photograph ♦ stereoscopic photograph ♦ suitability for being photograph ♦ take a photograph ♦ vertical air photograph. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "photograph": difficult-to-photograph, portrait-photograph, snipped-photograph.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "photograph"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		foto. (various references)

Albanian		nxjerr në fotografi, fotografoj (mug, take a photograph), fotografim, fotografi (photo, photography, picture, print, shot). (various references)

Arabic		‏تصوير (depiction, description, drawing, figuration, illustration, makings, photography, picturing, portrayal, representation, reproduction), ‏تصور فوتغرافيا, ‏صورة ضوئية, ‏صورة (configuration, effigy, feature, form, gestalt, idol, image, picture, portrait, portraiture, portrayal, print, representation, reproduction, resemblance, shot, tableau, take), ‏صور فوتغرافيا (mug, shoot). (various references)

Asturian		facer semeyes (to photograph). (various references)

Bemba		ukukopa (to photograph). (various references)

Bulgarian		снимка (photo, picture, print, shot, still), снимам (photo, shoot, snap, take), фотографирам (mug, photo), фотография (photo, photography, picture). (various references)

Cebuano		magretrato (to photograph). (various references)

Chamorro		para ma litratu (to photograph). (various references)

Chinese		相片 (image). (various references)

Cornish		fotograf. (various references)

Czech		fotografie (photo, picture). (various references)

Danish		fotografere. (various references)

Dutch		kieken, fotograferen, foto (picture). (various references)

Ecuadorian Quechua		fututa japina (to photograph). (various references)

Esperanto		fotografi, fotografaĵo, foto, foti. (various references)

Faeroese		taka myndir, taka mynd. (various references)

Farsi		عکسبرداری کردن (Shoot), عکس برداشتن از, عکس (Picture, Shot, Vignette). (various references)

Finnish		valokuvata (take a photo), valokuva (photo, snapshot). (various references)

French		photographier, photo (photo), photographie (photography). (various references)

Frisian		fotografearje (to photograph). (various references)

German		lichtbild (slide, transparency), fotografieren (to photograph, to take a picture), Fotografie (photography). (various references)

Greek		φωτογραφίζω, φωτογραφία (photo, photography, shot). (various references)

Hawaiian		fotografim, fotografi. (various references)

Hebrew		לצלם (snap, take pictures), תצלום (photo), צלום (photography, shot, take). (various references)

Hungarian		fénykép (photo, photographic, pic, pinup, pix, snapshot), fényképez (take a photo, to mug, to take a photo, to take a shot). (various references)

Icelandic		ljósmynd. (various references)

Indonesian		foto (picture). (various references)

Inuktitut		ajiliuriluni (to photograph). (various references)

Italian		fotografo (photographer), fotografare (snap, take a photo, take a picture). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		写真. (various references)

Japanese Katakana		フォトグラフ , しゃしん (becoming a priest, renouncing the flesh or the world, risking one's life for others), しゃ (borrowing, copy, describe, duplicate, gauze, house, hut, inn, mansion, now, picture, reproduce, then, trace, transcribe, well). (various references)

Kongo		ku-baka foto (to photograph). (various references)

Korean		사진 (Photo, Photo-, Photos). (various references)

Macedonian		fotografira (to photograph). (various references)

Malay		gambar, foto. (various references)

Manx		jannoo fotograf jeh, fotograf. (various references)

Maori		tango whakaahua (to photograph). (various references)

Maya		oochel. (various references)

Mohawk		kayàtare. (various references)

Papago		pikchulith (to photograph). (various references)

Papiamen		foto. (various references)

Pig Latin		otographphay.(various references)

Polish		zdjęcie, fotografia. (various references)

Portuguese		fotografia (exposure, photo, photography, picture, portrait, still), fotografar (emote, kodak, mug, photo, shoot), foto (photo). (various references)

Provencal		fotografiar (to photograph). (various references)

Romanian		fotografie (photo, photog, photography, photoprint, picture, print). (various references)

Ruanda		gufotora (to photograph). (various references)

Russian		сфотографировать, фотографировать фотография, выходить на фотографии. (various references)

Samoan		e pue le ata (to photograph). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		snimiti (film, lens out, record, shoot), slikati (limn, paint, portray), fotografisati (snap). (various references)

Spanish		fotografía (photo, photography, picture), fotografiar (photo, shoot, take a photo), foto (phot, photo, picture, shooting, shot, snap, snapshot). (various references)

Sranan		prentyi, potreti, portreti. (various references)

Swedish		fotografera (photo, shoot, take photographs), fotografi (photo, photography). (various references)

Turkish		fotoğraf (photo, shot). (various references)

Turkmen		surat (describe, picture). (various references)

Ukrainian		фотографія (likeness, photo, photog, photogene, photogram, photography, picture, smudge), фотографувати (photo, picture), фотознімок (still), зберігати в пам'яті. (various references)

Vietnamese		bức ảnh (picture), ảnh. (various references)

Welsh		gwawl-lun. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "photograph": photographed, photographer, photographers, photographic, photographically, photographies, photographing, photographs, photography. (additional references)
	Words ending with "photograph": astrophotograph, macrophotograph, microphotograph, rephotograph. (additional references)
	Words containing "photograph": astrophotographer, astrophotographers, astrophotographies, astrophotographs, astrophotography, electrophotographic, electrophotographies, electrophotography, macrophotographies, macrophotographs, macrophotography, microphotographer, microphotographers, microphotographic, microphotographies, microphotographs, microphotography, nonphotographic, rephotographed, rephotographing, rephotographs, stereophotographic, stereophotographies, stereophotography, telephotographies, telephotography. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Photograph" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fotograph, photoghraph, photographe, photograpy. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "photograph" (pronounced fō"tugra'f)
6	-t u g r a' f	autograph, hectograph.
5	-u g r a' f	choreograph, lithograph, mimeograph, monograph, paragraph, phonograph, spectrograph, Telegraph.
4	-g r a' f	polygraph.
3	-r a' f	riffraff.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-g-h-h-o-o-p-p-r-t"
	-3 letters: agoroth.
	-4 letters: agorot, hoorah, photog, ragtop.
	-5 letters: aport, argot, garth, gator, graph, groat, horah, ortho, pargo, photo, phpht, thoro, thorp, torah, troop.
	Words containing the letters "a-g-h-h-o-o-p-p-r-t"
	+1 letter: photographs, photography.
	+2 letters: photographed, photographer, photographic, rephotograph.
	+3 letters: anthropophagi, anthropophagy, photographers, photographies, photographing, rephotographs.
	+4 letters: anthropophagus, phytogeography, rephotographed.
	+5 letters: anthropophagies, anthropophagous, astrophotograph, macrophotograph, microphotograph, nonphotographic, organophosphate, phosphorylating, photolithograph, photomicrograph, phototelegraphy, phytogeographer, phytogeographic, rephotographing, telephotography.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
photograph	9,629	albert einstein photograph princeton	70
art photograph	431	dinosaur photograph	69
nude photograph	310	photograph of people	68
free photograph	303	aspen colorado photograph	68
aerial photograph	277	old photograph	66
photograph album	270	civil war photograph	66
black and white photograph	173	photograph for sale	64
nudist photograph	142	naked photograph	62
albert einstein photograph	130	tree photograph	61
ghost photograph	115	beach photograph	60
nature photograph	110	albert einstein in photograph princeton	60
famous photograph	108	satellite photograph	60
woman photograph	98	aspen colorado photograph see	59
flower photograph	98	photograph horse	56
erotic photograph	90	crime scene photograph	55
celebrity photograph	84	digital photograph	54
wedding photograph	83	nude woman photograph	50
photograph of child	79	male nude photograph	48
photograph restoration	77	photograph repair	46
landscape photograph	72	photograph of pregnant woman	44
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


"Man Taking Photograph" by Matthew Maaskant Commentary: "A man's reflection in the glass of a bus stop. Visit http://www.qr5.com ."	"Keyboard PSR-280" by Thomas Norris Commentary: "This is my first photograph I have taken with my new digital camera; fun stuff."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Photograph

Definition: Photograph

Photograph

Noun

Verb

Specialty Definition: Photograph

Specialty Definition: Photograph

Synonyms: Photograph

Synonyms within Context: Photograph

Painting

Representation

Similarity

Crosswords: Photograph

Modern Usage: Photograph

Screenplays

Lyrics

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Photograph

References

Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

Image Slideshow: Photograph

Photos:Photograph

Illustrations:Photograph

Computer Images:Photograph

Photo Album: Photograph

Digital Photo Gallery: Photograph

Sounds Captioned with "Photograph".

Familiar Quotations: Photograph

Ansel Adams

Non-Fiction Usage: Photograph

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Spoken Usage: Photograph

Dominick Dunne

Samantha Geimer

Usage Frequency: Photograph

Expressions: Photograph

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Photograph

Modern Translation: Photograph

Afrikaans

Albanian

Arabic

Asturian

Bemba

Bulgarian

Cebuano

Chamorro

Chinese

Cornish

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Ecuadorian Quechua

Esperanto

Faeroese

Farsi

Finnish

French

Frisian

German

Greek

Hawaiian

Hebrew

Hungarian

Icelandic

Indonesian

Inuktitut

Italian

Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

Kongo

Korean

Macedonian

Malay

Manx

Maori

Maya

Photos:
Photograph

Illustrations:
Photograph

Computer Images:
Photograph