A lumiere
[ly-myer] /lüˈmyɛr/
noun
auguste marie louis nicolas
[oh-gyst ma-ree lwee nee-kaw-lah] /oʊˈgüst maˈri lwi ni kɔˈlɑ/ (show ipa), 1862–1954, and his brother, louis jean
[lwee zhahn] /lwi ʒɑ̃/ (show ipa) 1864–1948, french chemists and manufacturers of photographic materials: inventors of a motion-picture camera (1895) and a process of color photography.
lumière
/french lymjɛr/
noun
auguste marie louis nicolas (oɡyst mari lwi nikɔlɑ). 1862–1954, and his brother, louis jean (lwi ʒɑ̃), 1864–1948, french chemists and cinema pioneers, who invented a cinematograph and a process of colour photography
lumiere
in reference to the early color photography process, from the names of french brothers auguste (1862-1954) and louis (1864-1948) lumière, photographers. the name is literally “light, lamp.”
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