English pronunciation · Words Starting with P
Photography Pronunciation
Photography is pronounced fuh-TAH-gruh-fee, IPA /fəˈtɑgrəfi/.
fuh-TAH-gruh-fee
US /fəˈtɑgrəfi/ · UK /fəˈtɒgrəˌfi/
Syllables: fuh · TAH · gruh · fee (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: The practice of making pictures with a camera.
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Photography in a Sentence
- He took up photography after retiring.
- The photography in that film is extraordinary.
- She teaches photography two evenings a week.
Common Mispronunciations of Photography
Not FOH-tuh-gra-fee
The word photo keeps its oh, but adding -graphy pulls the beat to the second part and squashes the first vowel to uh. English does this all through the family: telegraph and telegraphy behave the same way.
Not fuh-tah-GRA-fee
Only TAH is loud. A beat on GRA is what the adjective photographic takes, not the noun.
Tip: Compare the three: PHOH-toh, fuh-TAH-gruh-fee, foh-tuh-GRA-fik. The beat moves every time the ending changes.
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