photographier
French, verb/fɔ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fje/
photographier is spelled P-H-O-T-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E-R (13 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written French, the 16,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Photographier is a French verb meaning “to photograph” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Obtenir une image par les procédés de la photographie”.
What does photographier mean in English?
verb
- 1
to photograph
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Obtenir une image par les procédés de la photographie. 2. Graver dans sa mémoire une vision rapide ou furtive.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of photographier
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- photographiant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- photographié participle past
- photographie first-person indicative present
- photographies indicative present second-person
- photographions first-person indicative plural
- photographiez indicative plural present
- photographient indicative plural present
- photographiais first-person imperfect indicative
- photographiait imperfect indicative singular
- photographiions first-person imperfect indicative
- photographiiez imperfect indicative plural
- photographiaient imperfect indicative plural
- photographiai first-person historic indicative
- photographias historic indicative past
- photographia historic indicative past
- photographiâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce photographier?
- /fɔ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fje/
- \fɔ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fje\
- [fɔ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fje]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to photographier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is photographier in French?
photographier appears 2.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).