Meanings
comparative more photographic · superlative most photographic
- Pertaining to photographs or photography.
This shop stocks all the latest photographic equipment.
1 more example
There is also a fine dance and concert hall, a capacious reading room, a well-appointed billiards room with five tables, various committee and games rooms, photographic dark rooms, and a small but compact ladies' lounge.
1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine, page 150
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of accurate.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiverepresenting people or nature with the exactness and fidelity of a photograph
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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 Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
- Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
- Englishphoto-
- Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
- Englishphotograph
- Englishphotographic
From photo- + -graphic or photograph + -ic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan fotogràfic, fotogràfic
- fotogràficof or pertaining to photographs
- fotogràficof or pertaining to photography
Czech fotografický, fotografický
- fotografickýof or pertaining to photographs
- fotografickýof or pertaining to photography
Dutch fotografisch, fotografisch
- fotografischof or pertaining to photographs
- fotografischof or pertaining to photography
Finnish valokuva-, fotografinen
- valokuva-of or pertaining to photographs
- fotografinenof or pertaining to photographs
- valokuvaus-of or pertaining to photography
- fotografinenof or pertaining to photography
French photographique, photographique
- photographiqueof or pertaining to photographs
- photographiqueof or pertaining to photography
German fotografisch, fotografisch
- fotografischof or pertaining to photographs
- fotografischof or pertaining to photography
Greek φωτογραφικός, φωτογραφικός
- φωτογραφικός (fotografikós)of or pertaining to photographs
- φωτογραφικός (fotografikós)of or pertaining to photography
Hungarian fotográfiai
- fotográfiaiof or pertaining to photography
Indonesian fotografis
- fotografisof or pertaining to photographs
Irish fótagrafach, fótagrafach
- fótagrafachof or pertaining to photographs
- fótagrafachof or pertaining to photography
Latvian fotogrāfisks, fotogrāfisks
- fotogrāfisksof or pertaining to photographs
- fotogrāfisksof or pertaining to photography
Norwegian Bokmål fotografisk, fotografisk
- fotografiskof or pertaining to photographs
- fotografiskof or pertaining to photography
Polish fotograficzny, fotograficzny
- fotograficznyof or pertaining to photographs
- fotograficznyof or pertaining to photography
Portuguese fotográfico, fotográfico
- fotográficoof or pertaining to photographs
- fotográficoof or pertaining to photography
Russian фотографи́ческий, фотографи́ческий
- фотографи́ческий (fotografíčeskij)of or pertaining to photographs
- фотографи́ческий (fotografíčeskij)of or pertaining to photography
Slovak fotografije
- fotografijeof or pertaining to photographs
Spanish fotográfico, fotográfico
- fotográficoof or pertaining to photographs
- fotográficoof or pertaining to photography
Swedish fotografisk
- fotografiskof or pertaining to photographs
Tagalog sangnginagin, sangnginagin
- sangnginaginof or pertaining to photographs
- sangnginaginof or pertaining to photography
Ukrainian фотографі́чний, фотографі́чний
- фотографі́чний (fotohrafíčnyj)of or pertaining to photographs
- фотографі́чний (fotohrafíčnyj)of or pertaining to photography
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with photographic
Anagrams
Cite this entry
photographic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photographic
“photographic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photographic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photographic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photographic.
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