FromMiddle English filme , fromOld English filmen ( “ film, membrane, thin skin, foreskin ” ) , fromProto-West Germanic *filmīn- , fromProto-Germanic *filmīn- ( “ thin skin, membrane ” ) (compareProto-Germanic *felma- ( “ skin, hide ” ) ), fromProto-Indo-European *pél-mo- ( “ membrane ” ) , from*pel- ( “ to cover, skin ” ) . Cognate withOld Frisian filmene ( “ thin skin, human skin ” ) ,Middle Dutch velm ,vilm ( “ fleece, film, membrane ” ) ,Old High German felm ( “ peel, skin, wrap ” ) ,Old English *felma (inǣġerfelma ( “ egg membrane ” ) ). Related also toDutch vel ( “ sheet, skin ” ) , Borrowed fromLatin vēlum ( “ a cloth, covering, awning, curtain, veil ” ) .German Fell ( “ skin, hide, fur ” ) ,Swedish fjäll ( “ fur blanket, cloth, scale ” ) ,Norwegian fille ( “ rag, cloth ” ) ,Lithuanian plėvē ( “ membrane, scab ” ) ,Russian плева́ ( plevá ,“ membrane ” ) ,Ancient Greek πέλμα ( pélma ,“ sole of the foot ” ) . More atfell . Sense ofa thin coat of something is 1577, extended by 1845 to the coating of chemical gel on photographic plates. By 1895 this also meant the coating plus the paper or celluloid.
film (countable anduncountable ,plural films )
a roll offilm Athin layer of some substance; apellicle ; amembranous covering, causingopacity .a clear plasticfilm for wrapping food
1712 (date written),Alexander Pope , “Messiah . A Sacred Eclogue, in Imitation ofVirgil ’sPollio .”, inThe Works of Alexander Pope Esq. [ … ] , volume I, London: [ … ] J[ ohn] and P[ aul] Knapton, H. Lintot,J[ acob] and R[ ichard] Tonson , and S. Draper, published1751 ,→OCLC ,page40 , lines39–40 :He from thickfilms ſhall purge the viſual ray, / And on the ſightleſs eye-ball pour the day:[ …]
( photography ) Amedium used to captureimages in acamera .( uncountable ) A visual art form that consists of a sequence of still images preserved on a recording medium to give the illusion of motion;movies generally.2014 March 3, Zoe Alderton, “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, inReligions [2] , volume 5, number 1, MDPI,→DOI , pages219–257 :Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book andfilm .
( countable ) The sequence of still images itself, which produces a moving image when played; amovie .A slenderthread , such as that of acobweb .c. 1591–1595 (date written),William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC ,[ Act I, scene iv] :Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash offilm .
thin layer
Arabic:غِطَايَة f ( ḡiṭāya ) Egyptian Arabic:غشاوة m ( ḡašāwa ) Armenian:թաղանթ (hy) ( tʻaġantʻ ) Belarusian:плёнка ( pljónka ) Bulgarian:слой (bg) m ( sloj ) Catalan:pel·lícula (ca) f Chinese:Mandarin:薄膜 (zh) ( bómó ) Danish:film (da) c Dutch:laagje (nl) n ,film (nl) m or f Estonian:kile ( plastic ) ,kelme ( organic, fascia, membrane ) ,kirme ( super thin layer of stuff on something ) ,kõld ( rare, chorion's membrane ) Finnish:kalvo (fi) French:pellicule (fr) f Georgian:აფსკი ( apsḳi ) ,თხელი ფენა ( txeli pena ) German:Film (de) m Greek:υμένιο n ( yménio ) ,μεμβράνη (el) f ( memvráni ) Hebrew:קְרוּם (he) m ( qrúm ) Hungarian:hártya (hu) Icelandic:skán f Irish:scannán m Italian:film (it) m ,pellicola (it) f Japanese:膜 (ja) ( まく, maku ) Malay:selaput Marathi:पटल n ( paṭal ) Middle English:filme Norwegian:Bokmål:film (no) m Nynorsk:film m Old English:filmen m Ottoman Turkish:زار ( zar ) Persian:توژ ( tuž ) Polish:warstwa (pl) f Portuguese:película (pt) f ,filme (pt) ( of plastic ) Russian:плёнка (ru) f ( pljónka ) Scottish Gaelic:sgàile f Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:ко̏жица f ,о̀пна f ,па̏тина f ,пре̏влака f Roman:kȍžica (sh) ,òpna (sh) f ,pȁtina (sh) f ,prȅvlaka (sh) f Slovak:film (sk) Spanish:película (es) f ,film (es) m Swedish:film (sv) c ,hinna (sv) c Tagalog:panginag Thai:ฟิล์ม (th) ( fim ) Ukrainian:плі́вка (uk) f ( plívka ) Vietnamese:màng mỏng ,màng (vi)
photographic film
Afrikaans:fliek (af) ,film (af) Arabic:فِلْم m ( film ) Egyptian Arabic:فيلم m ( felm ) Armenian:ժապավեն (hy) ( žapaven ) Belarusian:плёнка f ( pljónka ) Bulgarian:филм (bg) m ( film ) ,ле́нта (bg) f ( lénta ) Catalan:pel·lícula (ca) f Chinese:Cantonese:菲林 ( fei1 lam4-2 ) Mandarin:膠卷 / 胶卷 (zh) ( jiāojuǎn ) ,膠帶 / 胶带 (zh) ( jiāodài ) ,片子 (zh) ( piānzi ) ( film reel ) ,膠片 / 胶片 (zh) ( jiāopiàn ) Czech:film (cs) m Danish:film (da) c Dutch:film (nl) m Estonian:film (et) Finnish:filmi (fi) French:pellicule (fr) f Georgian:ფოტოფირი ( poṭopiri ) ,კინოფირი ( ḳinopiri ) German:Film (de) m Greek:φιλμ (el) n ( film ) Hebrew:סֶרֶט (he) m ( séret ) ,פילם m ( film ) Hindi:फ़िल्म (hi) f ( film ) ,पिक्चर (hi) ( pikcar ) ,मूवी f ( mūvī ) ,सिनेमा (hi) ( sinemā ) ,चलचित्र (hi) ( calcitra ) ,चित्रपट (hi) m ( citrapaṭ ) Hungarian:film (hu) Ido:filmo (io) Irish:scannán m Italian:film (it) m ,pellicola (it) f Japanese:フィルム (ja) ( firumu ) Javanese:filem Khmer:ហ្វីល ( fiil ) ,ហ្វ៊ីល ( fiil ) Korean:필름 (ko) ( pilleum ) Malay:filem (ms) Maori:kiriata Marathi:फिल्म f ( philma ) Mongolian:хальс (mn) ( xalʹs ) Norwegian:Bokmål:film (no) m Nynorsk:film m Persian:Iranian Persian:فیلْم ( film ) Polish:film (pl) m ,klisza (pl) f Portuguese:filme (pt) m ,película (pt) f Russian:плёнка (ru) f ( pljónka ) ,фотоплёнка (ru) f ( fotopljónka ) ( photo film ) ,киноплёнка (ru) f ( kinopljónka ) ( cinefilm ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:фи̏лм m Roman:fȉlm (sh) m Slovak:film (sk) m Sotho:fileme Spanish:película (es) f ,film (es) m ,filme (es) m Swedish:film (sv) c Thai:ฟิล์ม (th) ( fim ) Turkish:film (tr) ,yanka Turkmen:pleýonka Ukrainian:плі́вка (uk) f ( plívka ) ,кіноплі́вка f ( kinoplívka ) Uzbek:plyonka (uz) Welsh:ffilm (cy) f
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film (third-person singular simple present films ,present participle filming ,simple past and past participle filmed )
( ambitransitive ) To record (activity, or a motion picture) onphotographic film .A Hollywood studio wasfilming on location in NYC.
I tried tofilm the UFO as it passed overhead.
2021 June 30, Tim Dunn, “How we made... Secrets of the London Underground”, inRAIL , number934 , pages49–50 :It was truly one of the most horrific filming experiences of my career there, contrasting neatly with some of the best of my career -filming in various off-limits storerooms at LTM's Acton Depot.
( ambitransitive ) To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.( transitive ) To cover or become covered with a thin skin orpellicle .c. 1599–1602 (date written),William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC ,[ Act III, scene iv] , line146 :It will but skin andfilm the ulcerous place.
2012 , Nathan Archer,Valhalla :Her legs folded under her, and her eyesfilmed over.
to record a motion picture
Armenian:նկարահանել (hy) ( nkarahanel ) Asturian:filmar ,grabar Bulgarian:заснемам филм ( zasnemam film ) Catalan:filmar (ca) ,enregistrar (ca) Danish:filme (da) Dutch:filmen (nl) Estonian:please add this translation if you can Finnish:filmata (fi) ,elokuvata French:filmer (fr) ,tourner (fr) Galician:filmar (gl) ,rodar German:filmen (de) ,drehen (de) Greek:κινηματογραφώ (el) ( kinimatografó ) Gujarati:ચિત્રપટ પટ્ટી પળ ચિત્રપટ ઉતારવું ( citrapaṭ paṭṭī paḷ citrapaṭ utārvũ ) Hebrew:הִסְרִיט ( hisrít ) Hungarian:filmez (hu) Ido:filmregistrar Irish:scannánaigh Italian:girare (it) ,filmare (it) Latvian:please add this translation if you can Lithuanian:filmuoti Norman:filmer ( Jersey ) Occitan:filmar (oc) Polish:filmować (pl) impf ,sfilmować pf Portuguese:filmar (pt) Russian:снима́ть (ru) impf ( snimátʹ ) ,снять (ru) impf ( snjatʹ ) Slovak:filmovať ,natáčať Spanish:filmar (es) ,rodar (es) ,cinematografiar (es) Swedish:filma (sv) Thai:ถ่ายภาพยนตร์ Turkish:film çekmek (tr) Vietnamese:ghi hình ,quay phim (vi) Welsh:ffilmio (cy)
FromDutch film , fromEnglish film , or borrowed fromEnglish film .
film (plural films )
film Borrowed fromFrench film , fromEnglish film .
film m (plural filma , definite filmi , definite plural filmat )
film movie Ultimately fromEnglish film .
film (definite accusative filmi ,plural filmlər )
film ,movie Synonym: kino sənədli film ―documentaryfilm bədii film ―featurefilm cizgifilm ―animated cartoon film çəkmək ―to shoot amovie film çəkilişi ―film set, movie-makingfilm nümayişi ―film screeningBorrowed fromEnglish film .
film m (plural films )
film ( a movie ) Synonym: pel·lícula Borrowed fromEnglish film .
film
film (clarification of this definition is needed.) Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002 ),Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary ][3] , Simferopol: Dolya,→ISBN Borrowed fromEnglish film .[ 1]
film m inan
( photography ) film movie ,film ,motion picture Declension offilm (hard masculine inanimate )
Borrowed fromEnglish film .
film c (singular definite filmen ,plural indefinite film )
amovie , afilm ,motion picture film ; a thin layer( sports , cant ) filming ,acting Borrowed fromEnglish film .
film m (plural films ,diminutive filmpje n )
a film, thin layer or membrane; especially the physical medium film afilm production,movie ( uncountable ) the movie sector,cinema German Film .
film (genitive filmi ,partitive filmi )
film ( motion picture ) photographic film Borrowed fromEnglish film .
film m (plural films )
movie ,film film
singular imperative offilmen Borrowed fromEnglish film .[ 1]
film (countable anduncountable ,plural filmek )
( photography ) film ( amedium used to captureimages in acamera ) film ,movie ,motion picture ,picture ( a recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion ) film ,cinematic art ,cinema ,cinematography ( the art of making films and movies ) Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term at the end
film in Géza Bárczi ,László Országh ,et al. , editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language ] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó , 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN . Borrowed fromDutch film .
film (plural film -film )
film ( a thin layer of some substance ) film ( a medium used to capture images in a camera ) film ( amovie ormotion picture ) Unadapted borrowing fromEnglish film .
film m (invariable )
film ,movie Synonym: pellicola Guardi deifilm ? ―Do you watchmovies ? film in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia ItalianaBorrowed fromDutch film .
film
film The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011 ), “film”, inKamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary) ] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius,→ISBN Borrowed fromPolish film .
film m inan (related adjective filmòwi )
movie ,film ,motion picture 2022 , Karolëna Serkòwskô-Secechòwskô, “Kaszëbsczi filmówcë”, inPomerania [4] , number12 , Gdańsk: Zrzeszenie Kaszubsko-Pomorskie:Czej jô ò tim ùczuł, mësla ò stwòrzenim taczégòfilmù zaczãła w głowie dozdrzelewac. When I heard about it, the idea of creating such afilm began to grow in my mind. Jan Trepczyk (1994 ), “film”, inSłownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes1–2 Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011 ), “film”, inSłownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi [5] “film ”, inInternetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language ], Fundacja Kaszuby,2022 Borrowed fromEnglish film .
film m (plural films )
( Jersey ) movie ,film film m (definite singular filmen ,indefinite plural filmer ,definite plural filmene )
afilm ( for taking photographs in a camera ) afilm ( thin material, layer or coating ) afilm ,movie ( cinematic production ) film
imperative offilme “film” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .film m (definite singular filmen ,indefinite plural filmar ,definite plural filmane )
afilm ( for taking photographs in a camera ) afilm ( thin material, layer or coating ) afilm ,movie ( cinematic production ) “film” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .Borrowed fromEnglish film .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] First attested in the 19th century.[ 4] [ 5]
film m inan (diminutive filmik ,related adjective filmowy )
film ,movie ,motion picture ( series of pictures creating the illusion of motion ) film ( art of creating such a series of pictures ) Synonyms: dziesiąta muza ,kino film ( material on which such a series of pictures are recorded ) ( photography ) film ,photographic film Synonyms: błona ,klisza ,taśma filmowa ( engineering , sciences ) film ( thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity ) According toSłownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990),film is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 7 times in scientific texts, 44 times in news, 31 times in essays, 6 times in fiction, and 15 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 103 times, making it the 602nd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[ 6]
^ Stanisław Dubisz , editor (2003 ), “film ”, inUniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language ][1] (in Polish), volumes1-4 , Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA,→ISBN ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000 ), “film ”, inEtymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language ] (in Polish) ^ Witold Doroszewski , editor (1958–1969 ), “film ”, inSłownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa:PWN ^ J. Karłowicz ,A. Kryński ,W. Niedźwiedzki , editors (1900 ), “film ”, inSłownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page742 ^ film in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego ^ Ida Kurcz (1990 ), “film ”, inSłownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language ] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page117 film inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANfilm in Polish dictionaries at PWNUnadapted borrowing fromEnglish film .
film m (plural filmes )
( dated or rare ) alternative form offilme Borrowed fromFrench film orGerman Film , fromEnglish film .
IPA (key ) : /ˈfilm/ Audio (female voice ): (file )
Rhymes:-ilm Hyphenation:film film n (plural filme )
movie ,film FromEnglish film , fromMiddle English filme , fromOld English filmen ( “ film, membrane, thin skin, foreskin ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *filminją ( “ thin skin, membrane ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *pél-mo- ( “ membrane ” ) , from*pel- ( “ to cover, skin ” ) .
film m (genitive singular film ,plural filmichean )
film ,movie Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Borrowed fromEnglish film .
fȉlm m inan (Cyrillic spelling фи̏лм )
film ( photography ) film ( motion picture ) Borrowed fromGerman Film .
film m inan
film ,movie ,motion picture ( photography ) film ,photographic film Borrowed fromEnglish film .[ 1]
film m inan (genitive singular filmu ,nominative plural filmy ,genitive plural filmov ,declension pattern of dub )
photographicfilm movie ,motion picture “film ”, inSlovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science ] (in Slovak),https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk ,2003–2025 Borrowed fromEnglish film .
IPA (key ) : /ˈfilm/ [ˈfilm] Rhymes:-ilm Syllabification:film film m (plural films )
alternative spelling offilme ( film ,motion picture ) “film ”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language ] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española ], 10 December 2024 Manuel Seco ; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “film ”, inDiccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish ] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation ]film c
film ; a thin layerfilm ; medium used to capture images in a cameraamovie Borrowed fromFrench film , ultimately fromEnglish film .
film (definite accusative filmi ,plural filmler )
a medium used to capture images in a camera amovie a thinlayer Borrowed fromRussian фильм ( filʹm ) , fromEnglish film .
film (plural filmlar )
film ,movie ,motion picture Synonyms: kino ,kinofilm ,kartina