Meanings
nounphotopaper (countable and uncountable, plural photopapers)
plural photopapers · alternative photo paper
- countableuncountablePhotographic paper; paper coated with light-sensitive chemicals, used for making photographic prints on traditional film cameras.
Now online photo services are offering an upgrade to the humble photopaper card — by selling fancy, folded cards that can display as many as 10 digital snapshots on glossy, high-quality paper stock.
2007 October 14, Anne Eisenberg, “When a Greeting Card Becomes a Photo Album”, in New York Times
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
- Ancient Greekπάπυρος (pápuros)
- Latinpapȳrus
- Old Catalanpaper
- Anglo-Normanpaper
- Middle Englishpaper
- Englishpaper
- Englishphotopaper
Translations
Bulgarian фотохарти́я
- фотохарти́я (fotohartíja)paper for photographic prints
Chinese Mandarin 感光紙 /感光纸, 相紙 /相纸
- 感光紙 /感光纸 (gǎnguāngzhǐ)paper for photographic prints
- 相紙 /相纸 (xiàngzhǐ)paper for photographic prints
- 照相紙 /照相纸 (zhàoxiàngzhǐ)paper for photographic prints
Estonian fotopaber
- fotopaberpaper for photographic prints
Finnish valokuvapaperi
- valokuvapaperipaper for photographic prints
French papier photographique
- papier photographiquepaper for photographic prints
German Photopapier
- Photopapierpaper for photographic prints
Hungarian fotópapír
- fotópapírpaper for photographic prints
Japanese 印画紙
- 印画紙 (ingashi)paper for photographic prints
Korean 인화지, 감광지
- 인화지 (inhwaji)paper for photographic prints
- 감광지 (gamgwangji)paper for photographic prints
Latvian fotopapīrs
- fotopapīrspaper for photographic prints
Lithuanian fotopõpierius
- fotopõpieriuspaper for photographic prints
Norwegian Bokmål fotopapir
- fotopapirpaper for photographic prints
Polish papier fotograficzny
- papier fotograficznypaper for photographic prints
Portuguese papel fotográfico
- papel fotográficopaper for photographic prints
Russian фотобума́га
- фотобума́га (fotobumága)paper for photographic prints
Swedish fotopapper
- fotopapperpaper for photographic prints
Ukrainian фотопапі́р
- фотопапі́р (fotopapír)paper for photographic prints
Vietnamese giấy ảnh
- giấy ảnhpaper for photographic prints
Cite this entry
APA
photopaper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photopaper
MLA
“photopaper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photopaper. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photopaper,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photopaper.
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