Difficulty Level
intermediate
Translations
🇩🇪 Fotos machen
, 🇪🇸 tomar fotografías
, 🇮🇹 fare fotografie
, 🇵🇹 tirar fotos
, 🇨🇳 拍照
, 🇯🇵 写真を撮る
, 🇰🇷 사진을 찍다
, 🇸🇦 التقاط صور
, 🇮🇳 फोटो खींचना
Usage Examples
\_context": "Photographing is often used in photography, journalism, and other fields where visual documentation is important.
Etymology
“Photographier” comes from the noun **photographie**, itself borrowed from the Greek *phōtos* “light” + *graphē* “writing” via Latin *photographia* (late 19th c.). The French verb was formed by adding the productive suffix **‑ier** to the noun, and it entered common usage in the 1800s as photography became a technological practice. Thus, the word literally means “to write with light.”
Synonyms
prendre une photo
prendre un cliché
capturer
immortaliser
snapper
saisir
enregistrer visuellement
documenter visuellement