How to Pronounce "daguerreotype"
word
duh-GAIR-oh-type
day-GRIT-ot-ype
Definition
A daguerreotype is an early type of photograph made on a mirror-like, silvered copper plate, popular in the mid-1800s.
IPA Transcription
American English
dəˈɡɛɹ.əʊ.taɪp
British English
dˈeɪɡɹɪˌɒtaɪp
Simplified Pronunciation
US
duh-GAIR-oh-type
UK
day-GRIT-ot-ype
Listen in Context
The museum has a daguerreotype from 1845.
A daguerreotype was made on a silver-coated copper plate.
He collects old daguerreotypes.
That haunting family portrait is actually a daguerreotype.