Lippmann, Gabriel Jonas Syllabification: (Lipp·mann, Gabriel Jonas)Pronunciation: /ˈlipmən/Definition of Lippmann, Gabriel Jonas (1845–1921), French physicist. He is best known for his production of the first fully orthochromatic color photograph in 1893. Lippmann, Gabriel Jonas in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Lippmann, Gabriel Jonas in the British & World English dictionary