ferrotype

ferrotype

English

Etymology

ferro- +‎ -type

Noun

ferrotype (plural ferrotypes)

1. An early photographic process in which the image is made on an iron plate having a sensitized surface film.
2. A photograph produced by this means.

Translations

photographic process

French: ferrotype (fr) m Irish: iarnchló m Italian: ferrotipia (it) f

Verb

ferrotype (third-person singular simple present ferrotypes, present participle ferrotyping, simple past and past participle ferrotyped)

1. to take a ferrotype photograph
   • 1916, Michael Gross, Photo-era, Volume 37

     "He ferrotyped the pictures, and the next morning, bright and early, he mounted each one in an art-folder (bought during a period of prosperity), and then fared forth to sell them to the eager parents of his little subjects."

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French

Etymology

ferro- +‎ type

Noun

ferrotype m (plural ferrotypes)

1. ferrotype

Further reading

• “ferrotype”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.