# biograf
## Albanian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin biographus or Ancient Greek βιογράφος (biográphos).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bi.ɔˈɡɹaf]

### Noun

biograf m (plural biograf, definite biografi, definite plural biografet)
* A biographer (the writer of a biography).

#### Synonyms

* jetëshkrues

## Czech
### Etymology

From the Greek βίος and γράφω.

### Noun

biograf m inan
* cinema
    Synonyms: (informal) biják, kino

#### Declension
### Noun

biograf m anim
* biographer
    Synonym: životopisec

#### Derived terms

* biják

### Further reading

* “biograf”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “biograf”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “biograf”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Danish
### Noun

biograf c (singular definite biografen, plural indefinite biografer)
* movie theater
* biographer

#### Related terms

* (biographer):
** biografi
** biografere

### Further reading

* “biograf” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From bio- +‎ -graf.

### Noun

biograf m (definite singular biografen, indefinite plural biografer, definite plural biografene)
* a biographer
* (dated) a cinema

#### Synonyms

* kino (cinema)

#### Related terms

* biografi

### References

* “biograf” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From bio- +‎ -graf.

### Noun

biograf m (definite singular biografen, indefinite plural biografar, definite plural biografane)
* a biographer

#### Related terms

* biografi

### References

* “biograf” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Internationalism; compare English biographer, French biographe, German Biograf. By surface analysis, bio- +‎ -graf. First attested in 1781.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbjɔ.ɡraf/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔɡraf
* Syllabification: bio‧graf

### Noun

biograf m pers (female equivalent biografka)
* biographer (writer of a biography; a professional writer of biographies)
    znany biograf ― a famous biographer
    biograf artysty ― an artist's biographer
    biograf rodziny ― a family's biographer
    biograf uczonego ― a scholar's biographer
    biograf opisuje ― a biographer describes
    biograf pisze ― a biographer writes
    biografowie podają ― biographers say
    biografowie sugerują ― biographers suggest
    biografowie twierdzą ― biographers claim

#### Related terms

* biograficzny
* biograficznie
* autobiografia
* biografia
* biografistyka
* biografizm

### References

* ↑ Ignacy Krasicki (1781) Zbior potrzebnieyszych wiadomości, porządkiem alfabetu ułożonych‎ (in Polish), page 160

### Further reading

* biograf in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* biograf in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French biographe. By surface analysis, bio- +‎ -graf.

### Noun

biograf m (plural biografi)
* biographer

#### Related terms

* biografic
* biografie

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /biǒɡraf/
* Hyphenation: bi‧o‧graf

### Noun

biògraf m (Cyrillic spelling био̀граф)
* biographer

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

bio- (“life, living”) +‎ -graf (“writing, recording”), referring to live pictures and the human life described, respectively.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

biograf c
* a cinema, a movie theatre; commonly contracted to bio
* a biographer (one who writes about the life of another)

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | biograf | biografs |
| singular | definite | biografen | biografens |
| plural | indefinite | biografer | biografers |
| plural | definite | biograferna | biografernas |

#### Derived terms

* bio
* biografsalong

#### Related terms

* biografi
* biografisk

### References

* biograf in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* biograf in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* biograf in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* bifogar