Lumière

[ ly-myer ]

noun

1. Au·guste Ma·rie Louis Ni·co·las [oh-, gyst, m, a, -, ree, lwee nee-kaw-, lah], 1862–1954, and his brother, Louis Jean [lweezhah, n], 1864–1948, French chemists and manufacturers of photographic materials: inventors of a motion-picture camera (1895) and a process of color photography.

Lumière

/ lymjɛr /

noun

1. LumièreAuguste Marie Louis Nicolas18621954MFrenchSCIENCE: chemistFILMS AND TV: pioneer 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

Example Sentences

A month after launching her SirDavis whiskey brand, Beyoncé unveiled her Cé Lumière perfume — to some social media fans’ chagrin.

From Los Angeles Times

The ceremony, which took place in the Grand Lumière Theater in the festival’s headquarters, opened with a spoof of the opening crawl of the original “Star Wars.”

From New York Times

Following the awards, the winner of the Palme will be screened for the audience in the Grand Théâtre Lumière.

From Seattle Times

On the morning the Cannes Film Festival opened, Messi, the canine hero of last year’s Palme d’Or-winning “Anatomy of a Fall,” was practicing climbing the stairs of the Grand Lumière Theater.

From New York Times

Thierry Fremaux, Cannes’ artistic director, walked across the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière filming the long ovation, he said, for a video to send to Miyazaki.

From Seattle Times