A photograph is a powerful tool for capturing moments and preserving memories. The term for “photograph” varies across different languages and cultures, reflecting the universal appreciation for visual storytelling. In this article, we’ll explore how to say “photograph” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Fotografi | Pronunciation: Fo-to-gra-fi
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – صورة (Sura) | Pronunciation: Soo-ra
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Լուսանկար (Lusankar) | Pronunciation: Loo-san-kar
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Fotoşəkil | Pronunciation: Fo-to-she-kil
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Argazki | Pronunciation: Ar-gaz-ki
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Фотаздымак (Fotazdymak) | Pronunciation: Fo-ta-zdy-mak
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – ফটোগ্রাফ (Phōṭōgrāph) | Pronunciation: Pho-to-gra-ph
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Fotografija | Pronunciation: Fo-to-gra-fi-ja
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Фотография (Fotografiya) | Pronunciation: Fo-to-gra-fi-ya
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Fotografia | Pronunciation: Fo-to-gra-fi-a
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Fotografie | Pronunciation: Fo-to-gra-fi-e
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Fotograf | Pronunciation: Fo-to-gra-f
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Foto | Pronunciation: Fo-to
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Photograph | Pronunciation: Fo-to-gra-f
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Foto | Pronunciation: Fo-to
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – عکس (Aks) | Pronunciation: Aks
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Valokuva | Pronunciation: Va-lo-koo-va
- French (🇫🇷) – Photographie | Pronunciation: Fo-to-gra-fi
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – ფოტო (P’oto) | Pronunciation: Po-to
- German (🇩🇪) – Fotografie | Pronunciation: Fo-to-gra-fi
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Φωτογραφία (Fotografia) | Pronunciation: Fo-to-gra-fi-a
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – צילום (Tzillum) | Pronunciation: Tzi-loom
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – फोटोग्राफ (Phōṭōgrāph) | Pronunciation: Pho-to-gra-ph
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Fénykép | Pronunciation: Feen-kep
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Ljósmynd | Pronunciation: Lyo-smynd
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Foto | Pronunciation: Fo-to
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Grianghraf | Pronunciation: Green-gra-f
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Fotografia | Pronunciation: Fo-to-gra-fi-a
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 写真 (Shashin) | Pronunciation: Sha-shin
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Фотосурет (Fotosuret) | Pronunciation: Fo-to-su-ret
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – រូបថត (Rubthɔt) | Pronunciation: Rub-thot
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 사진 (Sajin) | Pronunciation: Sa-jin
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Wêne | Pronunciation: We-ne
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Сүрөт (Süret) | Pronunciation: Soo-ret
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ຮູບພາບ (Hup Phaap) | Pronunciation: Hup Phap
- Latvian (🇱�■) – Fotogrāfija | Pronunciation: Fo-to-gra-fi-ja
- Lithuanian (🇱�■) – Nuotrauka | Pronunciation: Nu-o-tra-uka
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Foto | Pronunciation: Fo-to
- Macedonian (🇲�■) – Фотографија (Fotografija) | Pronunciation: Fo-to-gra-fi-ja
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Gambar | Pronunciation: Gam-bar
- Maltese (🇲�■) – Ritratt | Pronunciation: Rit-ratt
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 照片 (Zhàopiàn) | Pronunciation: Zhow-pyan
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – छायाचित्र (Chāyāchitra) | Pronunciation: Chaa-yaa-chit-ra
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Зураг (Zurag) | Pronunciation: Zu-rag
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – फोटो (Phōṭō) | Pronunciation: Pho-to
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Fotografi | Pronunciation: Fo-to-gra-fi
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – عکس (Aks) | Pronunciation: Aks
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Fotografia | Pronunciation: Fo-to-gra-fi-a
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Fotografia | Pronunciation: Fo-to-gra-fi-a
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Fotografie | Pronunciation: Fo-to-gra-fi-e
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Фотография (Fotografiya) | Pronunciation: Fo-to-gra-fi-ya
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Фотографија (Fotografija) | Pronunciation: Fo-to-gra-fi-ja
- Sinhala (🇱�■) – ඡායාරූප (Chāyārūpa) | Pronunciation: Chaa-yaa-roo-pa
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Fotografia | Pronunciation: Fo-to-gra-fi-a
- Slovenian (🇸�■) – Fotografija | Pronunciation: Fo-to-gra-fi-ja
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Sawir | Pronunciation: Sa-wir
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Fotografía | Pronunciation: Fo-to-gra-fi-a
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Picha | Pronunciation: Pi-cha
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Fotografi | Pronunciation: Fo-to-gra-fi
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Сурат (Surat) | Pronunciation: Soo-rat
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – புகைப்படம் (Pukaippaṭam) | Pronunciation: Pu-kaip-pa-tam
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – ఫోటో (Phōṭō) | Pronunciation: Pho-to
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ภาพถ่าย (Phāpthāy) | Pronunciation: Phap-thai
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Fotoğraf | Pronunciation: Fo-to-graf
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Фотографія (Fotohrafiya) | Pronunciation: Fo-to-hra-fi-ya
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – فوٹو (Photo) | Pronunciation: Pho-to
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Surat | Pronunciation: Soo-rat
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Bức ảnh | Pronunciation: Book an-h
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Ffotograff | Pronunciation: Ffo-to-graff
- Zulu (🇿🇦) – Isithombe | Pronunciation: Ee-si-thom-be
