Lumière

American  

[ly-myer] / lüˈmyɛr /

noun

1. Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas 1862–1954, and his brother, Louis Jean 1864–1948, French chemists and manufacturers of photographic materials: inventors of a motion-picture camera (1895) and a process of color photography.

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Lumière British  

/ lymjɛr /

noun

1. Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas (oɡyst mari lwi nikɔlɑ). 1862–1954, and his brother, Louis Jean (lwi ʒɑ̃), 1864–1948, French chemists and cinema pioneers, who invented a cinematograph and a process of colour photography

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Example Sentences

As the credits began to roll for his acclaimed melodrama “All About My Mother,” the audience inside the Grand Théâtre Lumière rose and applauded.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

He also goes to Paris, where Jean Penicaut of Lumière Technology—which has explored beneath the surfaces of the Mona Lisa and Leonardo’s “Lady With an Ermine”—offers a theory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

A month after launching her SirDavis whiskey brand, Beyoncé unveiled her Cé Lumière perfume — to some social media fans’ chagrin.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2024

Following the awards, the winner of the Palme will be screened for the audience in the Grand Théâtre Lumière.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2024

“Movies can remind us of who we are or were, show us what we can be. What would the Lumière brothers think if they could walk into a theater today?”

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed