fotograf

Same as photograph.

fotograf (plural fotografs)

1. (nonstandard) Eye dialect spelling of photograph.
   • 1916, “Platinum Bill” [pseudonym; Wilfrid Robert Smith], Under the Northern Lights, Portland, Ore.: The Columbia Printing Co., title page:

     ILLUSTRATED / With Fotografs / By J. Doody, the Sourdough Fotografer

Borrowed from Russian фото́граф (fotógraf).

fotograf

1. photographer

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “fotograf”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Derived from Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”) and γράφω (gráphō, “to write”), as if foto- +‎ -graf.

• IPA^(key): [ˈfotoɡraf]

fotograf m anim (female equivalent fotografka)

1. photographer

• See foto-

• “fotograf”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “fotograf”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “fotograf”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From fotografi (“photograph”), from Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”) and γράφειν (gráphein, “to write”).

• IPA^(key): [fod̥oˈɡ̊ʁɒːˀf], [fotˢoˈɡ̊ʁɒːˀf]

fotograf c (singular definite fotografen, plural indefinite fotografer)

1. photographer

• filmfotograf

• From Dutch fotograaf.
• Semantic loan from English photograph for photo sense.

• IPA^(key): [foˈt̪oɡraf]
• Hyphenation: fo‧to‧graf

fotograf (plural fotograf-fotograf)

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

   Synonym: foto

2. photographer

• “fotograf” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

fotograf m (definite singular fotografen, indefinite plural fotografer, definite plural fotografene)

1. a photographer

• flyfotograf

fotograf m (definite singular fotografen, indefinite plural fotografar, definite plural fotografane)

1. a photographer

• flyfotograf

Internationalism; compare English photographer, French photographe, German Fotograf.

• IPA^(key): /fɔˈtɔ.ɡraf/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɡraf
• Syllabification: fo‧to‧graf

fotograf m pers (female equivalent fotografka)

1. (photography) photographer

• fotograf in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fotograf in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French photographe, ultimately from Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”) and γράφω (gráphō, “to write”). By surface analysis, foto- +‎ -graf.

fotograf m (plural fotografi)

1. a photographer

From Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”) and γράφω (gráphō, “to write”).

• IPA^(key): /fotǒɡraf/
• Hyphenation: fo‧to‧graf

fotògraf m anim (Cyrillic spelling фото̀граф)

1. photographer

Derived from Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”) and γράφω (gráphō, “to write”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɔtɔɡraf]

fotograf m pers (female equivalent fotografka)

1. a photographer

   Synonym: fotografista m

• “fotograf”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /fɔtɔɡráːf/

fotogrȃf m anim

1. photographer

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	fotográf
gen. sing.	fotográfa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	fotográf	fotográfa	fotográfi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	fotográfa	fotográfov	fotográfov
dative (dajȃlnik)	fotográfu	fotográfoma	fotográfom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	fotográfa	fotográfa	fotográfe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	fotográfu	fotográfih	fotográfih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	fotográfom	fotográfoma	fotográfi

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fotograf c

1. a photographer (person who (professionally) takes photographs)

• fotografi
• fotografera
• fotografering
• fotografisk

• fotograf in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fotograf in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)