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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Lumiere

in reference to the early color photography process, from the names of French brothers Auguste (1862-1954) and Louis (1864-1948) Lumière, photographers. The name is literally "light, lamp."

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Lumière

Lumière is French for light. In English, Lumiere, Lumière or Lumieres may refer to:

Lumiere (skyscraper)

Lumiere was a mixed-use skyscraper development in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, intended to be completed in 2010. The project was put on hold in 2008 and officially cancelled in 2010.

Lumière (restaurant)

Lumière was a restaurant on West Broadway in the Kitsilano neighbourhood of Vancouver, Canada. It was founded by Rob Feenie and Ken Wai in 1995, Feenie up until 2007 was the owner and chef chef. Feenie left the restaurant after a falling-out with his business partners.

Lumiere (Brazilian film company)

Lumiere is a Brazilian film production and distribution company that is based in Rio de Janeiro.

Founded in 1990, the company began as a distributor of independent and international titles for theatrical, home video, and television rights. From 1996 to 2003, Lumiere maintained an exclusive output deal with Miramax for the territory of Brazil. Titles released during this period include The English Patient, Chicago and the Scary Movie franchise. By 2002, Lumiere was the market leading independent distributor in Brazil.

Lumiere premiered its operations as a motion picture producer in 1996 with Little Book of Love. Since then, Lumiere has also produced or co-produced films such as City of God, Madame Satã and Os Normais.

Lumière (magazine)

Lumière was the first online fashion magazine.

Lumière (film)

Lumière is a French drama directed by Jeanne Moreau.

Lumière (EP)

Lumière is the debut release from Canadian metalcore band The Afterimage. The album was released on August 28, 2015 in North America through Tragic Hero Records. The album was produced by Jordan Valeriote at Sundown Studios in Guelph, Ontario and is the band's first album release since their debut EP Formless in 2012.

The band took on a slightly different approach from their first EP including clean vocals that have a strong R&B and Pop influence fused in with the band's progressive metal sound. Vocalist Kyle Anderson had the following to say of the band’s new music, “We started as a project that showcased technicality and precision at the heavier end of the musical spectrum. Now we’re primarily focused on creating the most captivating songs, with heavy passages used merely as one of a number of dynamics.

Lumiere (horse)

Lumiere (foaled 10 March 2013) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse. She was one of the best British two-year-olds of 2015 when she won the Cheveley Park Stakes.

Usage examples of "lumiere".

Quand Belle-Isle est parti, Une nuit, De Prague a petit bruit, Il dit, Voyant la lune: Lumiere de mes jours, Astre de ma fortune, Conduisez-moi toujours.

Roger et eclaire en plein par la pale lumiere de la lune, qui se levait.

She contrived to do her face, run a comb through her hair and spray on a dash of Lumiere before she went back to the drawing-room, where she wished her aunts goodbye, then shook hands with the disapproving old lady and her timid companion before being ushered out of the house and into the Daimler.

Ville Lumiere, during which the ordinary swiftly gave way to the extraordinary.

It is as if she participates in the very birth of cinema, that Lumiere moment, the steam locomotive about to emerge from the screen, sending the audience fleeing, out into the Parisian night.

Par la fenetre ouverte, et qui donnait sur la cour, les piaillements vigoureux des moineaux entraient avec des flots de lumiere et les senteurs des lilas cultives par notre concierge, grand amateur de jardins.

Elsewhere near the Seine, and even at a considerable distance from the river, as for instance, at Belleville, Grand-Rue and Lumiere Passage, quicksands are encountered in which one sticks fast, and in which a man sinks visibly.