# fotograf
## English
### Pronunciation

Same as photograph.

### Noun

fotograf (plural fotografs)
* (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
* photographer

#### Declension
### References

* Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, 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: [ˈfotoɡraf]

### Noun

fotograf m anim (female equivalent fotografka)
* photographer

#### 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: [fod̥oˈɡ̊ʁɒːˀf], [fotˢoˈɡ̊ʁɒːˀf]

### Noun

fotograf c (singular definite fotografen, plural indefinite fotografer)
* photographer

#### Derived terms

* filmfotograf

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [foˈt̪oɡraf]
* Hyphenation: fo‧to‧graf

### Noun

fotograf (plural fotograf-fotograf)
* 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
* photographer

#### Related terms

* foto
* fotografer
* fotografi
* fotografis

### Further reading

* “fotograf” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, 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)
* a photographer

#### Derived terms

* flyfotograf

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* flyfotograf

## Polish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɔˈtɔ.ɡraf/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔɡraf
* Syllabification: fo‧to‧graf

### Noun

fotograf m pers (female equivalent fotografka)
* (photography) photographer

#### 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)
* a photographer

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fotǒɡraf/
* Hyphenation: fo‧to‧graf

### Noun

fotògraf m (Cyrillic spelling фото̀граф)
* photographer

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɔtɔɡraf]

### Noun

fotograf m pers (female equivalent fotografka)
* a photographer
    Synonym: fotografista m

#### Declension
### 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: /fɔtɔɡráːf/

### Noun

fotogrȃf m anim
* photographer

#### Inflection
## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

fotograf c
* a photographer (person who (professionally) takes photographs)

#### Related terms

* fotografi
* fotografera
* fotografering
* fotografisk

### References

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