daguerréotype
French, noun
daguerréotype is spelled D-A-G-U-E-R-R-É-O-T-Y-P-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 97,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Daguerréotype is a French masculine noun meaning “daguerreotype (type of photograph)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of daguerréotyper. With an accent, daguerréotypé is a different word: “past participle of daguerréotyper”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Procédé photographique fixant l’image des objets sur une plaque d’argent polie exposée directement à la…”.
What does daguerréotype mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedaguerreotype (type of photograph)
- 2
masculinedaguerreotypy (method of producing these photographs)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of daguerréotyper
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Procédé photographique fixant l’image des objets sur une plaque d’argent polie exposée directement à la lumière du soleil. 2. Instrument employé pour obtenir ces sortes d’images. 3. L’image elle-même produite par ce procédé. 4. Qui décrit ce qu'il voit.
adjective: 1. Reproduit par le daguerréotype.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of daguerréotype
- daguerréotypes plural
- daguerréotypée feminine
- daguerréotypés masculine plural
- daguerréotypées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to daguerréotype
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is daguerréotype in French?
daguerréotype appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).