Meanings
nounphototypography (uncountable)
- uncountableA photomechanical method of printing made to resemble traditional metal typography
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- Englishtypography
- Englishphototypography
From photo- + typography.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Irish fótachlóghrafaíocht
- fótachlóghrafaíochta photomechanical method of printing made to resemble traditional metal typography
Italian fototipografia
- fototipografiaa photomechanical method of printing made to resemble traditional metal typography
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with phototypography
photographybiographygeographybibliographypornographyfilmographydiscographyautobiographychromatographycryptographytopographyradiographytomographyoceanographytypographychoreographymammographycinematographyvideographycartographydemographyangiographylithographycrystallography
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
phototypography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phototypography
MLA
“phototypography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phototypography. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phototypography,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phototypography.
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