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English
Etymology
From ferro- + -type.
Noun
ferrotype (countable and uncountable, plural ferrotypes)
- (uncountable) An early photographic process in which the image was made on an iron plate having a sensitized surface film.
- (countable) A photograph produced by this means.
- Coordinate term: tintype
Translations
Verb
ferrotype (third-person singular simple present ferrotypes, present participle ferrotyping, simple past and past participle ferrotyped)
- (transitive) To produce a ferrotype from.
1916, Michael Gross, Photo-era, Volume 37:"He ferrotyped the pictures, and the next morning, bright and early, he mounted each one in an art-folder (bought during a period of prosperity), and then fared forth to sell them to the eager parents of his little subjects."
French
Etymology
From ferro- + type.
Noun
ferrotype m (plural ferrotypes)
- ferrotype
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