Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

photographer

/fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables: pho-tog-ra-pher
IPA: /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation.

Example Sentences

"Award-winning Sydney photographer Stephen Dupont’s latest exhibition focuses on change and detribalisation in Papua New Guinea ."
"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."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photograph Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English photographer 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.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/
British English: /fəˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fə/

Inflected Forms

photographers (plural)

Derived Forms

artographer astrophotographer cinemaphotographer cinephotographer microphotographer nonphotographer photographeress photographette rephotographer telephotographer thoughtographer

Phrases

spirit photographer video photographer

Synonyms

lensman lenswoman photog tog photographist

Rhymes With

choreographer biographer cinematographer geographer oceanographer pornographer demographer lexicographer autobiographer crystallographer

Questions

How do you pronounce photographer?: The recorded pronunciation is /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/.
What does photographer mean?: One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation.
Where does photographer come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photograph Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English photographer 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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