Meaning

3 senses
  1. Generated or caused by light.

    The sunbather developed a photogenic melanoma on her back.

  2. Producing or emitting light; luminescent.

    The photogenic bacteria were visible in the dark room.

  3. Looking good when photographed.

    The company hired the spokesperson for his photogenic face.

    fotogen

    фотогени́чныйfotogeníčnyj

    фотогені́чнийfotoheníčnyj

    looking attractive in photographs

Examples

39 sentences
  1. Tom is photogenic.

    Том фотогенічний.

    ruТом фотогеничен.

    deTom ist photogen.

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  2. I'm not photogenic.

    Я не фотогенічний.

    ruЯ не фотогеничен.

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  3. Tom is quite photogenic, isn't he?

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  4. Tom is very photogenic, isn't he?

    ruТом очень фотогеничный, не правда ли?

    deTom ist sehr fotogen, nicht wahr?

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  5. I know that Tom is photogenic.

    ruЯ знаю, что Том фотогеничен.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
looking good when photographed:
Русский
By meaning 1
looking good when photographed:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
looking good when photographed:

Origin

From photo- + -genic.

From photo- + -genic.

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Forms

more photogenic, most photogenic
Comparativemore photogenic Lesson
Superlativemost photogenic Lesson

regular

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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