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Albanian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin biographus or Ancient Greek βιογράφος (biográphos).

Pronunciation

Noun

biograf m (plural biograf, definite biografi, definite plural biografet)

  1. A biographer (the writer of a biography).

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Czech

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Etymology

From the Greek βίος and γράφω.

Noun

biograf m inan

  1. cinema
    Synonyms: (informal) biják, kino

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Noun

biograf m anim

  1. biographer
    Synonym: životopisec

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Further reading

  • biograf”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • biograf”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • biograf”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

Noun

biograf c (singular definite biografen, plural indefinite biografer)

  1. movie theater
  2. biographer

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From bio- +‎ -graf.

Noun

biograf m (definite singular biografen, indefinite plural biografer, definite plural biografene)

  1. a biographer
  2. (dated) a cinema

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From bio- +‎ -graf.

Noun

biograf m (definite singular biografen, indefinite plural biografar, definite plural biografane)

  1. a biographer

References

Polish

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Etymology

Internationalism; compare English biographer, French biographe, German Biograf. By surface analysis, bio- +‎ -graf. First attested in 1781.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbjɔ.ɡraf/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɡraf
  • Syllabification: bio‧graf

Noun

biograf m pers (female equivalent biografka)

  1. biographer (writer of a biography; a professional writer of biographies)
    znany biografa famous biographer
    biograf artystyan artist's biographer
    biograf rodzinya family's biographer
    biograf uczonegoa scholar's biographer
    biograf opisujea biographer describes
    biograf piszea biographer writes
    biografowie podająbiographers say
    biografowie sugerująbiographers suggest
    biografowie twierdząbiographers claim

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References

  1. ^ Ignacy Krasicki (1781) Zbior potrzebnieyszych wiadomości, porządkiem alfabetu ułożonych (in Polish), page 160

Further reading

  • biograf in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • biograf in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French biographe. By surface analysis, bio- +‎ -graf.

Noun

biograf m (plural biografi)

  1. biographer

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biǒɡraf/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧o‧graf

Noun

biògraf m (Cyrillic spelling био̀граф)

  1. biographer

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Swedish

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Etymology

bio- (life, living) +‎ -graf (writing, recording), referring to live pictures and the human life described, respectively.

Pronunciation

Noun

biograf c

  1. a cinema, a movie theatre; commonly contracted to bio
  2. a biographer (one who writes about the life of another)

Declension

Declension of biograf 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative biograf biografen biografer biograferna
Genitive biografs biografens biografers biografernas

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