daguerreotype

See also: daguerréotype and daguerréotypé

English

Etymology

From French daguerréotype. Named after French artist Louis Daguerre (1787–1851) who announced the process in 1839. Daguerre developed the process after some years of collaborations with French chemist Nicéphore Niépce.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dəˈɡɛɹ.əʊ.taɪp/
(US) IPA^(key): /dəˈɡɛɹ.oʊ.taɪp/, /dəˈɡɛɹ.ə.taɪp/

Noun

daguerreotype (plural daguerreotypes)

An early type of photograph created by exposing a silver surface which has previously been exposed to either iodine vapor or iodine and bromine vapors.

Related terms

daguerreotyper
daguerreotypy

Translations

type of photograph

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Danish: daguerreotypi n
Esperanto: dagerotipio
Finnish: daguerrotypia

French: daguerréotype (fr) m
Hungarian: dagerrotípia (hu)
Portuguese: daguerreótipo m
Russian: дагероти́п (ru) m (dagerotíp), дагерроти́п (ru) m (dagerrotíp)
Spanish: daguerrotipo (es) m

Verb

daguerreotype (third-person singular simple present daguerreotypes, present participle daguerreotyping, simple past and past participle daguerreotyped)

(transitive, intransitive) To make a photograph using this process, to make a daguerreotype (of).

Translations

make a photograph

Chinese:
Mandarin: 用達蓋爾銀版法拍攝, 用达盖尔银版法拍摄 (yòng dágàiěryínbǎnfǎ pāishè)

Finnish: ottaa daguerrotypia
French: daguerréotyper (fr)