Meanings
comparative more photogenic · superlative most photogenic
- Producing or emitting light; luminescent.
The photogenic bacteria were visible in the dark room.
- Looking good when photographed.
The company hired the spokesperson for his photogenic face.
2 more examples
Despite being compellingly photogenic, many eagles are difficult photographic targets, particularly when there is bright sunlight.
2021, Peter Cavanagh, “1. Eagles”, in 100 Flying Birds: Photographing the Mechanics of Flight, →ISBN, page 17"And besides, you've made it so easy to find reference images of you. You're quite... photogenic."
2013 July 17, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Wednesday, Jul 17, 2013
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivelooking attractive in photographs
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian луминесцентен, фотогеничен
- луминесцентен (luminescenten)producing or emitting light
- фотогеничен (fotogeničen)looking good when photographed
Catalan fotogènic
- fotogèniclooking good when photographed
Chinese Mandarin 上鏡 /上镜
- 上鏡 /上镜 (shàngjìng)looking good when photographed
Czech světélkující, fotogenický
- světélkujícíproducing or emitting light
- fotogenickýlooking good when photographed
Danish fotogen
- fotogenlooking good when photographed
Dutch fotogeniek
- fotogenieklooking good when photographed
Finnish fotogeeninen, valoa emittoiva
- fotogeeninengenerated or caused by light
- valoa emittoivaproducing or emitting light
- valokuvauksellinenlooking good when photographed
French photogénique
- photogéniquelooking good when photographed
German fotogen
- fotogenlooking good when photographed
Greek φωτογενής
- φωτογενής (fotogenís)looking good when photographed
Hungarian fotogén, fotogén
- fotogéngenerated or caused by light
- fotogénproducing or emitting light
- fotogénlooking good when photographed
Irish fótaigineach
- fótaigineachlooking good when photographed
Italian fotogeno, fotogeno
- fotogenogenerated or caused by light
- fotogenoproducing or emitting light
- fotogenicolooking good when photographed
Japanese 写真写りがいい
- 写真写りがいい (shashin-utsuri-ga-ii)looking good when photographed
Korean 사진발 좋은
- 사진발 좋은 (sajinbal jo'eun)looking good when photographed
Latvian fotogēnisks
- fotogēniskslooking good when photographed
Norwegian Bokmål fotogen
- fotogenlooking good when photographed
Persian خوشعکس
- خوشعکس (xoš-'aks)looking good when photographed
Polish fotogeniczny
- fotogenicznylooking good when photographed
Portuguese fotogénico, fotógeno
- fotogénicogenerated or caused by light
- fotógenoproducing or emitting light
- fotogénicolooking good when photographed
Russian фотогени́чный
- фотогени́чный (fotogeníčnyj)looking good when photographed
Slovak fotogenický
- fotogenickýlooking good when photographed
Spanish fotogénico, fotogénico
- fotogénicoproducing or emitting light
- fotogénicolooking good when photographed
Swedish fotogenisk, fotogenique
- fotogenisklooking good when photographed
- fotogeniquelooking good when photographed
Thai ขึ้นกล้อง
- ขึ้นกล้องlooking good when photographed
Turkish fotojenik
- fotojeniklooking good when photographed
Ukrainian фотогені́чний
- фотогені́чний (fotoheníčnyj)looking good when photographed
Vietnamese ăn ảnh
- ăn ảnhlooking good when photographed
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with photogenic
Cite this entry
photogenic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photogenic
“photogenic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photogenic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photogenic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photogenic.
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