Chardonnet

[ shahr-dn-ey; French shar-daw-ne ]

noun

1. Hi·laire Ber·ni·gaud [ee-, ler, be, r, -nee-, goh], Comte de, 1839–1924, French chemist and inventor.

Chardonnet

/ ʃardɔnɛ /

noun

1. Chardonnet(Louis Marie) Hilaire Bernigaud18391924MFrenchSCIENCE: chemistBUSINESS: industrialist ( Louis Marie ) Hilaire Bernigaud (ilɛr bɛrniɡo), Comte de. 1839–1924, French chemist and industrialist who produced rayon, the first artificial fibre