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Re: Alternative to "photograph"
Pablo (notvalid@nowhere.net) 2009/11/02 13:01

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El Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:33:31 +0200, Thomas Lotze escribió:

> I'm looking for a "native english" alternative to the word "photograph".
> To give an example, we have the word "Lichtbild" in German, which
> describes the concept of an image created by or using light in native
> german words. Is there an analogous word in English or has "photography"
> been the first and only term ever used to describe photographs? Thank
> you very much.

Depends on context, register etc. No?

Picture - "take a picture"
Image
Snap - also a verb "to snap" = to take a picture on impulse
Plate - the original photo
Likeness
Print
Tranparency
etc.

--
 Pablo

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