mégalographe

French

Etymology

From mégalographie +‎ -graphe. The original megalograph was invented by Georges Révoil and manufactured by the French scientific company, Secretan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mə.ɡa.lɔ.ɡʁaf/
  • Rhymes: -af
  • Hyphenation: mé‧ga‧lo‧gra‧phe

Noun

mégalographe m (plural mégalographes)

  1. megalograph
  2. One who produces works of megalography; one who produces grand or large works, one who produces depictions of important or grand subjects

Derived terms

  • English: megalograph

References

  • 1876 November 25, “New York Academy of Sciences”, in Scientific American‎[1], volume 35, number 22, →ISSN, pages 345–345:
  • 1898, Pierre Larousse, Claude Augé, Nouveau Larousse illustré: Dictionnaire Universel Encyclopédique‎[2], Paris: Larousse, page 1031:

References

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