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fotografie

photograph /fo.to.ɡraˈfi.e/

noun#799 most common

Also: photography, picture, snapshot

Example sentences

Am o fotografie cu familia mea.
I have a photograph of my family.
Ea face o fotografie la apus.
She takes a photograph at sunset.
Am pus fotografia pe perete.
I put the photograph on the wall.
Colecția lui de fotografii vechi este impresionantă.
His collection of old photographs is impressive.
Fotografia de peisaj necesită răbdare și o bună înțelegere a luminii naturale.
Landscape photography requires patience and a good understanding of natural light.
Expoziția explorează modul în care fotografia documentară a influențat percepția publică asupra conflictelor din secolul XX.
The exhibition explores how documentary photography shaped public perception of twentieth-century conflicts.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativefotografiafotografiile
Genitivefotografieifotografiilor
Accusativefotografiafotografiile
Vocativefotografiofotografiilor

Word family

fotografphotographer
a fotografiato photograph
fotograficphotographic
fotoaparatcamera
pozăphoto, picture (informal)

Etymology

Romanian borrowed "fotografie" from French "photographie" in the nineteenth century, as part of a broader wave of French loanwords tied to modern science and technology. The French word was itself built from Greek elements: "phos/photos" (light) and "graphein" (to write or draw). The literal sense is close to "writing with light," a phrase that also circulated when the technology was first described in the 1830s.

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