DAGUERREOTYPE


Meaning of DAGUERREOTYPE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ də-ˈge-rō-ˌtīp, -rə-; -ˈger-ō-, -ə- also ]

də-ˈge-rē-ō-ˌtīp, -ˈger-ē- noun

Etymology: French daguerréotype, from L. J. M. Daguerre + French -o- + type

Date: 1839

: an early photograph produced on a silver or a silver-covered copper plate ; also : the process of producing such photographs

• daguerreotype transitive verb

• da·guerre·o·typ·ist -ˌtī-pist noun

• da·guerre·o·typy -ˌtī-pē noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.