ferrotype

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noun

An early photographic process in which the image was made on an iron plate having a sensitized surface film.

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Meanings

nounferrotype (countable and uncountable, plural ferrotypes)

plural ferrotypes

  1. uncountableAn early photographic process in which the image was made on an iron plate having a sensitized surface film.
  2. countableA photograph produced by this means.
verbferrotype (third-person singular simple present ferrotypes, present participle ferrotyping, simple past and past participle ferrotyped)

present singular third person ferrotypes · participle present ferrotyping · participle past ferrotyped · past ferrotyped

  1. transitiveTo produce a ferrotype from.

    "He ferrotyped the pictures, and the next morning, bright and early, he mounted each one in an art-folder (bought during a period of prosperity), and then fared forth to sell them to the eager parents of his little subjects."

    1916, Michael Gross, Photo-era, Volume 37

Origin

From ferro- + -type.

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Translations

French ferrotype
  • ferrotypephotographic process
Irish iarnchló
  • iarnchlóphotographic process
Italian ferrotipia
  • ferrotipiaphotographic process
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APA

ferrotype. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferrotype

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ferrotype,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferrotype.

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