photographic

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adjective

Pertaining to photographs or photography.

“This shop stocks all the latest photographic equipment.”

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Meanings

adjectivephotographic (comparative more photographic, superlative most photographic)

comparative more photographic · superlative most photographic

  1. 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
  2. figurativelySynonym of accurate.

    What each evangelist preserved is not a photographic reproduction of the words and deeds of Jesus, but an interpretative portrait delineated in accord with the special needs of the early church.

    Synonyms: accurate

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveSynonym of accurate.

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More synonyms by meaning

adjectiverepresenting people or nature with the exactness and fidelity of a photograph

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  4. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  5. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  6. Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
  7. Englishphoto-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  9. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  10. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  11. Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
  12. Englishphoto-
  13. Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
  14. Englishphotograph
  15. Englishphotographic

From photo- + -graphic or photograph + -ic.

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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

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Cite this entry
APA

photographic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photographic

MLA

“photographic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photographic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photographic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photographic.

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