Meanings
nounphotographer (plural photographers)
plural photographers
- artsOne who takes photographs, typically as an occupation.
Award-winning Sydney photographer Stephen Dupont’s latest exhibition focuses on change and detribalisation in Papua New Guinea .
2015 July 3, “The Outside Land”, in The Guardian1 more example
Multiple photographers worried privately in conversations with Axios that the images from the rally could turn into a kind of "photoganda," with the Trump campaign using them to further their agenda despite the photographers' intent of capturing a news event.
2024 July 15, Aïda Amer, “How photographers view the photos of Trump's assassination attempt”, in AxiosSynonyms: lensman, lenswoman, photog, tog, photographist
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who takes photographs, typically as an occupation.
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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)
- Englishphotograph
- Englishphotographer
From photograph + -er, from Ancient Greek φωτός (phōtós), genitive singular of φῶς (phôs, “light”) (fōs) and γράφω (gráphō, “I write”). By surface analysis, photograph + er.
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Afrikaans fotograaf
- fotograafone who takes photographs
Arabic مُصَوِّر, مُصَوِّرَة
- مُصَوِّر (muṣawwir)one who takes photographs
- مُصَوِّرَة (muṣawwira)one who takes photographs
Basque argazkilari
- argazkilarione who takes photographs
Bengali ফটোগ্রাফার
- ফটোগ্রাফার (phoṭōgraphar)one who takes photographs
Bulgarian фотогра́ф, фотогра́фка
- фотогра́ф (fotográf)one who takes photographs
- фотогра́фка (fotográfka)one who takes photographs
Catalan fotògraf
- fotògrafone who takes photographs
Chinese Mandarin 攝影師 /摄影师
- 攝影師 /摄影师 (shèyǐngshī)one who takes photographs
Czech fotograf, fotografka
- fotografone who takes photographs
- fotografkaone who takes photographs
Danish fotograf
- fotografone who takes photographs
Dutch fotograaf
- fotograafone who takes photographs
Esperanto fotisto, fotistino
- fotistoone who takes photographs
- fotistinoone who takes photographs
Estonian fotograaf
- fotograafone who takes photographs
Finnish valokuvaaja
- valokuvaajaone who takes photographs
French photographe, photoseur
- photographeone who takes photographs
- photoseurone who takes photographs
German Fotograf, Photograph
- Fotografone who takes photographs
- Photographone who takes photographs
- Fotografinone who takes photographs
- Photographinone who takes photographs
Greek φωτογράφος
- φωτογράφος (fotográfos)one who takes photographs
Hebrew צַלָּם
- צַלָּם (tsalám)one who takes photographs
Hindi फ़ोटोग्रफ़र, छायाकार
- फ़ोटोग्रफ़र (foṭografar)one who takes photographs
- छायाकार (chāyākār)one who takes photographs
Hungarian fényképész, fotós
- fényképészone who takes photographs
- fotósone who takes photographs
- fotográfusone who takes photographs
Icelandic ljósmyndari
- ljósmyndarione who takes photographs
Indonesian fotograf, juru potret
- fotografone who takes photographs
- juru potretone who takes photographs
- fotograferone who takes photographs
Irish grianghrafadóir
- grianghrafadóirone who takes photographs
Italian fotografo, fotografa
- fotografoone who takes photographs
- fotografaone who takes photographs
Japanese 撮影者, 写真師
- 撮影者 (satsueisha)one who takes photographs
- 写真師 (shashinshi)one who takes photographs
- 写真家 (shashinka)one who takes photographs
Korean 사진사, 사진가
- 사진사 (sajinsa)one who takes photographs
- 사진가 (sajin'ga)one who takes photographs
Latvian fotogrāfs, fotogrāfe
- fotogrāfsone who takes photographs
- fotogrāfeone who takes photographs
Lithuanian fotografas, fotografė
- fotografasone who takes photographs
- fotografėone who takes photographs
Malay juru gambar
- juru gambarone who takes photographs
Māori kaitangowhakaahua, kaiwhakaahua
- kaitangowhakaahuaone who takes photographs
- kaiwhakaahuaone who takes photographs
Norwegian Bokmål fotograf
- fotografone who takes photographs
Persian عَکّاس
- عَکّاس ('akkâs)one who takes photographs
Polish fotograf, fotografka
- fotografone who takes photographs
- fotografkaone who takes photographs
Portuguese fotógrafo, fotógrafa
- fotógrafoone who takes photographs
- fotógrafaone who takes photographs
Romanian fotograf, fotografă
- fotografone who takes photographs
- fotografăone who takes photographs
Russian фото́граф
- фото́граф (fotógraf)one who takes photographs
Scottish Gaelic dealbhaiche, dealbhadair
- dealbhaicheone who takes photographs
- dealbhadairone who takes photographs
Slovak fotograf, fotografka
- fotografone who takes photographs
- fotografkaone who takes photographs
- fotografistaone who takes photographs
- fotografistkaone who takes photographs
Spanish fotógrafo, fotógrafa
- fotógrafoone who takes photographs
- fotógrafaone who takes photographs
Swahili mpiga picha
- mpiga pichaone who takes photographs
Swedish fotograf
- fotografone who takes photographs
Tagalog manginginag
- manginginagone who takes photographs
Thai ช่างภาพ, ตากล้อง
- ช่างภาพ (châng-pâap)one who takes photographs
- ตากล้อง (dtaa-glɔ̂ng)one who takes photographs
- นักถ่ายภาพ (nák-tàai-pâap)one who takes photographs
Turkish fotoğrafçı
- fotoğrafçıone who takes photographs
Ukrainian фото́граф, фотографи́ня
- фото́граф (fotóhraf)one who takes photographs
- фотографи́ня (fotohrafýnja)one who takes photographs
Urdu فوٹوگْرافَر, عَکّاس
- فوٹوگْرافَر (foṭogrāfar)one who takes photographs
- عَکّاس ('akkās)one who takes photographs
Vietnamese nhà nhiếp ảnh, thợ nhiếp ảnh
- nhà nhiếp ảnhone who takes photographs
- thợ nhiếp ảnhone who takes photographs
- nhiếp ảnh giaone who takes photographs
Welsh ffotograffydd
- ffotograffyddone who takes photographs
Yiddish פֿאָטאָגראַףֿ
- פֿאָטאָגראַףֿ (fotograf)one who takes photographs
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APA
photographer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photographer
MLA
“photographer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photographer. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photographer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photographer.
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