son et lumière
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of son et lumière
Literally, “sound and light”
Example Sentences
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Agoria — that boom and chirp from successive speakers, creating a son et lumière roundelay.
From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2015
There was a son et lumière set in the model of Rye town where I lived as a child.
From The Guardian • Jun. 29, 2012
Thirty years on, Jarre took off on a tour of European capitals to put on the kind of spectacular son et lumière shows matched only by Pink Floyd at their most overblown.
From The Guardian • Oct. 2, 2010
It is, instead, a frequently breathless and occasionally stupendous son et lumière show, crowded with mechanical contrivances, and a headlong rush of happenings that, as designer Robin Wagner puts it, "overlap like arrows in flight."
From Time Magazine Archive
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