Meanings
nounphotobook (plural photobooks)
plural photobooks
- artsA book of photographs, often by a single photographer.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
- Englishphotographclip.
- Englishphoto
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-der.?
- Proto-Germanic*bōks
- Proto-West Germanic*bōk
- Old Englishbōc
- Middle Englishbok
- Englishbook
- Englishphotobook
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 照片集, 寫真集 /写真集
- 照片集 (zhàopiànjí)book of photographs
- 寫真集 /写真集 (xiězhēnjí)book of photographs
- 相片集 (xiàngpiànjí)book of photographs
Finnish kuvateos
- kuvateosbook of photographs
French album photo
- album photobook of photographs
German Fotobuch
- Fotobuchbook of photographs
Italian fotolibro
- fotolibrobook of photographs
Japanese 写真集
- 写真集 (shashinshū)book of photographs
Korean 사진집
- 사진집 (sajinjip)book of photographs
Russian фотоальбо́м, фотокни́га
- фотоальбо́м (fotoalʹbóm)book of photographs
- фотокни́га (fotokníga)book of photographs
Spanish fotolibro
- fotolibrobook of photographs
Cite this entry
APA
photobook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photobook
MLA
“photobook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photobook. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photobook,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photobook.
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