Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

autochrome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables: au-tochrome
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An early photograph produced by means of a glass plate coated on one side with a random mosaic of microscopic dyed grains of potato starch under silver halide emulsion.

Example Sentences

"This century-old Edward Steichen autochrome, probably of Charlotte Spaulding, has been discovered after decades in storage."

Etymology

From auto- + -chrome.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: auto
Suffix: chrome

Inflected Forms

autochromes (plural)

Questions

What does autochrome mean?: An early photograph produced by means of a glass plate coated on one side with a random mosaic of microscopic dyed grains of potato starch under silver halide emulsion.
Where does autochrome come from?: From auto- + -chrome.

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