"cinematographer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cinematographers [plural]
Etymology: cinematography + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cinematography|er|id2=occupation}} cinematography + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} cinematographer (plural cinematographers)
  1. (cinematography) A photographer who oversees the operations of the cameras and lighting when making a film. The cinematographer may also double as the camera operator of the movie camera, though this is usually done by a cameraman. The film director may also double as the cinematographer, though this is usually a different person. Categories (topical): Cinematography Synonyms (photographer): director of photography, DP, DOP
    Sense id: en-cinematographer-en-noun-kk2yKH5O Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (occupation), English terms suffixed with -grapher Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (occupation): 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -grapher: 45 55 Topics: broadcasting, cinematography, film, media, television Disambiguation of 'photographer': 68 32
  2. (dated) One who exhibits motion pictures; a projectionist. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-cinematographer-en-noun-SiyJT~9m Disambiguation of Occupations: 41 59 Disambiguation of People: 37 63 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (occupation), English terms suffixed with -grapher Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (occupation): 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -grapher: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cinematographist Translations (a movie photographer, especially one who is in charge of shooting a movie): кінематаграфі́ст (kinjematahrafíst) [masculine] (Belarusian), кінематаграфі́стка (kinjematahrafístka) [feminine] (Belarusian), 電影攝影師 (Chinese Mandarin), 电影摄影师 (diànyǐngshèyǐngshī) (Chinese Mandarin), filmfotograf [common-gender] (Danish), ĉefkameraisto (Esperanto), kameraistino (Esperanto), elokuvaaja (Finnish), kuvaaja (Finnish), directeur de la photographie [masculine] (French), directeur photo [masculine] (French), chef opérateur [masculine] (French), cheffe opératrice [feminine] (French), directrice de la photographie [feminine] (French), directrice photo [feminine] (French), Kameramann [masculine] (German), Kamerafrau [feminine] (German), operatőr (Hungarian), 撮影監督 (satsuei kantoku) (alt: さつえいかんとく) (Japanese), cineast [masculine] (Romanian), cineastă [feminine] (Romanian), кинематографи́ст (kinematografíst) [masculine] (Russian), кинематографи́стка (kinematografístka) [feminine] (Russian), кінематографі́ст (kinematohrafíst) [masculine] (Ukrainian), кінематографі́стка (kinematohrafístka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'a movie photographer, especially one who is in charge of shooting a movie': 51 49

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      "alt": "さつえいかんとく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "satsuei kantoku",
      "sense": "a movie photographer, especially one who is in charge of shooting a movie",
      "word": "撮影監督"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a movie photographer, especially one who is in charge of shooting a movie",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cineast"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a movie photographer, especially one who is in charge of shooting a movie",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cineastă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kinematografíst",
      "sense": "a movie photographer, especially one who is in charge of shooting a movie",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кинематографи́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kinematografístka",
      "sense": "a movie photographer, especially one who is in charge of shooting a movie",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кинематографи́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kinematohrafíst",
      "sense": "a movie photographer, especially one who is in charge of shooting a movie",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кінематографі́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kinematohrafístka",
      "sense": "a movie photographer, especially one who is in charge of shooting a movie",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кінематографі́стка"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "cinematographer"
  ],
  "word": "cinematographer"
}

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