Kilo Lingo

/ˈfəʊ.tə.ɡrɑːf/

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Coloured illustration of photograph
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Translation

A picture that you make with a camera. The short word for it is photo.

Word origin

Made in the 1830s from Greek phos meaning light and graphein meaning to write.

Origin
Greek
Root
phos + graphein
English cognates
photo, telegraph

Grammar

Gender
Pluralphotographs

Examples

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A "photograph" is a picture made with a camera.

sunset.

We say "take a photograph", not "make a photograph".

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The plural is "photographs", and the short form is "photos".

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This word is part of lesson 38.