photogenic

English

WOTD – 14 January 2009

Etymology

photo- +‎ -genic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfəʊ.təʊˈdʒɛn.ɪk/
• IPA^(key): /ˌfoʊ.toʊˈdʒɛn.ɪk/, /ˌfoʊ.təˈdʒɛn.ɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnɪk

Adjective

photogenic (comparative more photogenic, superlative most photogenic)

1. Generated or caused by light.

   The sunbather developed a photogenic melanoma on her back.

2. Producing or emitting light, luminescent.

   The photogenic bacteria were visible in the dark room.

3. Looking good when photographed.

   The company hired the spokesperson for his photogenic face.

Derived terms

• photogenically
• photogenicity

Translations

generated or caused by light

• Finnish: fotogeeninen (fi)
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• Hungarian: fotogén (hu)

producing or emitting light

• Czech: světélkující
• Finnish: valoa emittoiva
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: fotogén (hu)
• Spanish: fotogénico

looking good when photographed

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: фотогеничен m (fotogeničen)
• Catalan: fotogènic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 上鏡／上镜 (shàngjìng), 上镜 (shàngjìng)

• Czech: fotogenický (cs)
• Danish: fotogen
• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: valokuvauksellinen (fi)
• French: photogénique (fr) m or f
• German: fotogen (de)
• Greek: φωτογενής (el) (fotogenís)
• Hungarian: fotogén (hu)
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• Italian: fotogenico (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 사진발 좋은 (sajinbal jo'eun)
• Latvian: fotogēnisks m
• Maltese: fotoġeniku m, fotoġenika f, fotoġeniċi pl
• Persian: خوش‌عکس (xoš-'aks)
• Polish: fotogeniczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: fotogénico (pt)
• Russian: фотогени́чный (ru) (fotogeníčnyj)
• Slovak: fotogenický
• Spanish: fotogénico
• Swedish: fotogenisk (sv), fotogenique (sv)
• Thai: ขึ้นกล้อง