Lumiere
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.
historical examples
yes, above all in the plural, seeing that then it rhymes not with three letters, but with four; as orniere does with lumiere.
the man in the iron mask alexandre dumas, pere
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
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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