fotografia

Portuguese

/fu.tu.ɣɾɐ.ˈfi.ɐ/, /fo.ˌto.ɡɾa.ˈfi.ɐ/, /fɔ.tɔ.ɡɾa.ˈfi.ɐ/

noun
Definitions
  • photography the art of taking photographs
  • photograph picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface
  • (figurative) carbon copy something that looks very similar to something else

Etymology

Borrowed from French photographie (photography) derived from Ancient Greek φωτός (genitive of light, light, qualifier, q).

Origin

Ancient Greek

φωτός

Gloss

genitive of light, light, qualifier, q

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

光, 明

Emoji
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