fotograf

See also: Fotograf, fotògraf, and fotoğraf

English

Pronunciation

Same as photograph.

Noun

fotograf (plural fotografs)

1. (nonstandard) Eye dialect spelling of photograph.
   • 1916, “Platinum Bill” [pseudonym; Wilfrid Robert Smith], Under the Northern Lights, Portland, Ore.: The Columbia Printing Co., title page:

     ILLUSTRATED / With Fotografs / By J. Doody, the Sourdough Fotografer

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian фото́граф (fotógraf).

Noun

fotograf

1. photographer

Declension

Declension of fotograf

	singular	plural
nominative	fotograf	fotograflar
genitive	fotografnıñ	fotograflarnıñ
dative	fotografqa	fotograflarğa
accusative	fotografnı	fotograflarnı
locative	fotografta	fotograflarda
ablative	fotograftan	fotograflardan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “fotograf”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”) and γράφω (gráphō, “to write”), as if foto- +‎ -graf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfotoɡraf]

Noun

fotograf m anim (female equivalent fotografka)

1. photographer

Declension

Declension of fotograf (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	fotograf	fotografové
genitive	fotografa	fotografů
dative	fotografovi, fotografu	fotografům
accusative	fotografa	fotografy
vocative	fotografe	fotografové
locative	fotografovi, fotografu	fotografech
instrumental	fotografem	fotografy

Related terms

• See foto-

• fotografický
• fotografie
• fotografovat

Further reading

• “fotograf”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “fotograf”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “fotograf”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Etymology

From fotografi (“photograph”), from Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”) and γράφειν (gráphein, “to write”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fod̥oˈɡ̊ʁɒːˀf], [fotˢoˈɡ̊ʁɒːˀf]

Noun

fotograf c (singular definite fotografen, plural indefinite fotografer)

1. photographer

Inflection

Declension of fotograf

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fotograf	fotografen	fotografer	fotograferne
genitive	fotografs	fotografens	fotografers	fotografernes

Derived terms

• filmfotograf

Indonesian

Etymology

• From Dutch fotograaf.
• Semantic loan from English photograph for photo sense.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [foˈt̪oɡraf]
• Hyphenation: fo‧to‧graf

Noun

fotograf (plural fotograf-fotograf)

1. photograph: a picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc

   Synonym: foto

2. photographer

Related terms

• foto
• fotografer
• fotografi
• fotografis

Further reading

• “fotograf”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

fotograf m (definite singular fotografen, indefinite plural fotografer, definite plural fotografene)

1. a photographer

Derived terms

• flyfotograf

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

fotograf m (definite singular fotografen, indefinite plural fotografar, definite plural fotografane)

1. a photographer

Derived terms

• flyfotograf

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English photographer, French photographe, German Fotograf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔˈtɔ.ɡraf/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔɡraf
• Syllabification: fo‧to‧graf

Noun

fotograf m pers (female equivalent fotografka)

1. (photography) photographer

Declension

Declension of fotograf

	singular	plural
nominative	fotograf	fotografowie/fotografy (deprecative)
genitive	fotografa	fotografów
dative	fotografowi	fotografom
accusative	fotografa	fotografów
instrumental	fotografem	fotografami
locative	fotografie	fotografach
vocative	fotografie	fotografowie

Related terms

• fotografia

Further reading

• fotograf in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fotograf in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French photographe, ultimately from Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”) and γράφω (gráphō, “to write”). By surface analysis, foto- +‎ -graf.

Noun

fotograf m (plural fotografi)

1. a photographer

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	fotograf	fotograful		fotografi	fotografii
genitive-dative	fotograf	fotografului		fotografi	fotografilor
vocative	fotografule			fotografilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”) and γράφω (gráphō, “to write”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fotǒɡraf/
• Hyphenation: fo‧to‧graf

Noun

fotògraf m anim (Cyrillic spelling фото̀граф)

1. photographer

Declension

Declension of fotograf

	singular	plural
nominative	fotograf	fotografi
genitive	fotografa	fotografa
dative	fotografu	fotografima
accusative	fotografa	fotografe
vocative	fotografe	fotografi
locative	fotografu	fotografima
instrumental	fotografom	fotografima

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”) and γράφω (gráphō, “to write”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɔtɔɡraf]

Noun

fotograf m pers (female equivalent fotografka)

1. a photographer

   Synonym: fotografista m

Declension

Declension of fotograf
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	fotograf	fotografi, fotografovia
genitive	fotografa	fotografov
dative	fotografovi	fotografom
accusative	fotografa	fotografov
locative	fotografovi	fotografoch
instrumental	fotografom	fotografmi

Further reading

• “fotograf”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔtɔɡráːf/

Noun

fotogrȃf m anim

1. photographer

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	fotográf
gen. sing.	fotográfa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	fotográf	fotográfa	fotográfi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	fotográfa	fotográfov	fotográfov
dative (dajȃlnik)	fotográfu	fotográfoma	fotográfom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	fotográfa	fotográfa	fotográfe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	fotográfu	fotográfih	fotográfih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	fotográfom	fotográfoma	fotográfi

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Audio (Sweden (Stockholm)):

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Noun

fotograf c

1. a photographer (person who (professionally) takes photographs)

Declension

Declension of fotograf

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fotograf	fotografs
	definite	fotografen	fotografens
plural	indefinite	fotografer	fotografers
	definite	fotograferna	fotografernas

Related terms

• fotografi
• fotografera
• fotografering
• fotografisk

References

• fotograf in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fotograf in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)