photographs

pho-to-graphs · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Images recorded by a camera and preserved as prints or digital files.

  2. 2.

    Visual records or documentation of people, places, or events.

Related words

See also: photo, photograph, picture
Synonyms: images, photos, pictures, snapshots

Etymology

From Greek phos meaning "light" and graphein meaning "to write, draw." The term was coined by Sir John Herschel in 1839.