film

See also Film

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɪlm/
• Rhymes: -ɪlm
• (North East England) IPA: /ˈfɪləm/

Etymology

From Middle English filme, from Old English filmen (“film, membrane, thin skin, foreskin”), from Proto-Germanic *filminją (“thin skin, membrane”) (compare Proto-Germanic *felma- (“skin, hide”)), from Proto-Indo-European *pélno-mo (“membrane”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel(w)-, *plē(w)-, *péln- (“skin, hide”). Cognate with Old Frisian filmene (“thin skin, human skin”), Dutch vel (“sheet, skin”), German Fell (“skin, hide, fur”), Swedish fjäll (“fur blanket, cloth, scale”), Norwegian fille (“rag, cloth”), Lithuanian plėvē 'membrane, scab', Russian plevá 'membrane', Greek πέλμα (pélma, “sole of the foot”). More at fell. Sense of a 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.

Noun

film (plural films)

1. A thin layer of some substance.
2. (photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.
3. A motion picture.

Synonyms

• (motion picture): movie

Derived terms

• filmic
• filmmaker
• filmmaking
• filmography
• filmology
• filmy
• on film

Translations

thin layer

• Armenian: թաղանթ (hy) (t'aġant')
• Bulgarian: слой (bg) (sloj) m
• Danish: film (da) c
• Dutch: laagje (nl) n, film (nl) m and f
• Finnish: kalvo (fi)
• French: pellicule (fr) f
• German: Film (de) m
• Greek: υμένιο (el) (yménio) n, μεμβράνη (el) (memvráni) f
• Hebrew: כְּרוּם (he) (k'rúm) m
• Hungarian: hártya (hu)
• Icelandic: skán (is) f
• Irish: scannán (ga) m

• Italian: film (it) m, pellicola (it) f
• Malay: selaput (ms)
• Old English: film (ang) m
• Polish: warstwa (pl) f
• Portuguese: filme (pt)
• Russian: плёнка (ru) (pljónka) f
• Scottish Gaelic: sgàile (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian: patina (sh) f
• Spanish: película (es) f
• Swedish: film (sv) c

photographic film

• Afrikaans: film (af)
• Armenian: ժապավեն (hy) (žapaven)
• Bulgarian: филм (bg) (film) m, лента (bg) (lenta) f
• Czech: film (cs) m
• Danish: film (da) c
• Dutch: film (nl) m
• Finnish: filmi (fi)
• French: pellicule (fr) f
• German: Film (de) m
• Greek: φιλμ (el) (film) n
• Hebrew: סֶרֶט (he) (séret) m, פילם (he) (film) m
• Hungarian: film (hu)
• Irish: scannán (ga) m

• Italian: film (it) m, pellicola (it) f
• Khmer: ហ្វីល (km) (fiil)
• Malay: filem (ms), wayang gambar (ms)
• Polish: film (pl) m, klisza (pl) f
• Portuguese: filme (pt)
• Russian: плёнка (ru) (pljónka) f, фотоплёнка (ru) (fotopljónka) f (photo film), киноплёнка (ru) (kinopljónka) f (cinefilm)
• Serbo-Croatian: film (sh) m
• Slovak: film (sk) m
• Sotho: fileme (st)
• Spanish: película (es) f
• Swedish: film (sv) c

motion picture

• Afrikaans: rolprent (af)
• Arabic: فيلم (ar) (film) m (أفلام (ar) ('aflaam) m pl)
• Armenian: ֆիլմ (hy) (film), կինոնկար (hy) (kinonkar)
• Assamese: চলচ্চিত্ৰ (as)
• Belarusian: фільм (be) (fil’m) m
• Bengali: ফিল্ম (bn) (philm, film), সিনেমা (bn) (sinema)
• Bulgarian: филм (bg) (film) m
• Burmese: ရုပ်ရှင် (my) (jou' shin), ဘိုင်စကုတ် (my) (bain sakou')
• Catalan: pel·lícula (ca) f, film (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電影 (cmn), 电影 (cmn) (diànyǐng), 影片 (cmn) (yǐngpiàn)

• Czech: film (cs) m
• Danish: film (da) c
• Dutch: film (nl) m
• Esperanto: filmo (eo)
• Estonian: film (et)
• Finnish: elokuva (fi), filmi (fi)
• French: film (fr) m
• Georgian: ფილმი (ka) (p‘ilmi)
• German: Film (de) m
• Greek: ταινία (el) (tainía) f
• Hebrew: סֶרֶט (he) (séret) m
• Hindi: फ़िल्म (hi) (film), सिनेमा (hi) (sinemā)
• Hungarian: film (hu)
• Icelandic: bíómynd (is) f, mynd (is) f
• Ido: filmo (io)
• Irish: scannán (ga) m
• Italian: film (it) m, pellicola (it) f
• Japanese: 映画 (ja) (えいが, eiga)
• Jèrriais: film m

• Khmer: កុន (km) (kon), ភាពយន្ត (km) (pʰiepyʊən)
• Korean: 영화 (ko) (yeonghwa) (映畫 (ko))
• Lao: ຟີມ (lo) (fiim)
• Latvian: filma (lv)
• Lithuanian: filmas (lt) m
• Macedonian: филм (mk) (film) m
• Malay: filem (ms)
• Malayalam: ചലച്ചിത്രം (ml)
• Manx: fillym (gv) m
• Persian: فیلم (fa) (film)
• Polish: film (pl) m
• Portuguese: filme (pt) m pl
• Romanian: film (ro) n
• Russian: фильм (ru) (fil’m) m, кино (ru) (kinó) n (indeclinable), кинофильм (ru) (kinofíl'm) m, кинокартина (ru) (kinokartína) f, картина (ru) (kartína) f
• Serbo-Croatian: филм (sh) m, film (sh) m
• Slovak: film (sk) m
• Slovene: film (sl) m
• Sotho: fileme (st)
• Spanish: película (es) f, filme (es) m
• Swedish: film (sv) c
• Tagalog: sine (tl), pelikula (tl)
• Thai: ฟิล์ม (th) (fim)
• Tibetan: གློག་བརྙན། (bo)
• Turkish: film (tr)
• Ukrainian: фільм (uk) (fil’m) m, кіно (uk) (kinó) n
• Urdu: فلم (ur) (film)
• Vietnamese: phim (vi), điện ảnh (vi) (電影 (vi))
• Volapük: (collective) biomagodem (vo), (cartoon) däsinotabioskop (vo)

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• Gujarati: ચિત્રપટ (chitraput)/ photographic film: ચિત્રપટ પટ્ટી (chitraput pati)
• Lithuanian: filmas, m, kinas m

Verb

film (third-person singular simple present films, present participle filming, simple past and past participle filmed)

1. To record a motion picture on photographic film

   "A Hollywood studio was filming on-location in NYC."

2. To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.
   • 1603, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III, scene 4, lines 146:

     It will but skin and film the ulcerous place.

Translations

to record a motion picture

• Bulgarian: заснемам филм (bg) (zasnemam film)
• Danish: filme (da)
• Finnish: filmata (fi), elokuvata (fi)
• French: filmer (fr), tourner (fr)
• German: filmen (de), drehen (de)
• Greek: κινηματογραφώ (el) (kinimatografó)
• Gujarati: ચિત્રપટ પટ્ટી પળ ચિત્રપટ ઉતારવું (Chitraput pati par chitraput outarvu)
• Hebrew: הִסְרִיט (he) (hisrít)
• Hungarian: filmez (hu)

• Italian: girare un film, filmare
• Jèrriais: filmer
• Lithuanian: filmuoti
• Portuguese: filmar (pt)
• Russian: снимать (ru) (snimát') impf., снять (ru) (snjat') impf.
• Slovak: filmovať
• Spanish: filmar (es), rodar (es), cinematografiar (es)
• Swedish: filma (sv)
• Turkish: film çekmek (tr)

Anagrams

• MILF

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Azeri

Other scripts
Cyrillic	филм‍
Roman	film‍
Perso-Arabic	‍فیلم‍

Pronunciation

• IPA: [film]

Noun

film definite accusative filmi plural filmlər

1. film

Declension

declension of film

	singular	plural
absolute	film	filmlər
definite accusative	filmi	filmləri
dative	filmə	filmlərə
locative	filmdə	filmlərdə
ablative	filmdən	filmlərdən
definite genitive	filmin	filmlərin

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

English film.

Noun

film

1. film

Declension

    declension of film

nominative	film
genitive	filmniñ
dative	filmge
accusative	filmni
locative	filmde
ablative	filmden

References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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Czech

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

film m

1. film (photography)
2. movie, film, motion picture

Derived terms

• filmovat
• filmař

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /film/, [ˈfilm]
• Rhymes: -ilm

Noun

film c (singular definite filmen, plural indefinite film)

1. a movie, a film, motion picture
2. film; a thin layer

Inflection

    Inflection of film

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	film	filmen	film	filmene
genitive	films	filmens	films	filmenes

Related terms

• filme
• filmning

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪlm

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

film m (plural films, diminutive filmpje)

1. film, movie

Derived terms

• filmproducent
• filmregisseur
• speelfilm
• tekenfilm
• verfilmen

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Estonian

Noun

film (^??? please provide the genitive and partitive!)

1. movie

Declension

This Estonian noun needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• filmindus
• filmilint
• mustvalge film
• värvifilm
• kino

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French

Etymology

Borrowing from English film.

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• IPA: /film/, X-SAMPA: /film/

Noun

film m (plural films)

1. movie, film

Derived terms

• filmage
• filmer
• filmique
• filmographie

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfilm/
• Hyphenation: film

Noun

film (plural filmek)

1. film

Declension

declension of film singular plural nominative film filmek accusative filmet filmeket dative filmnek filmeknek instrumental filmmel filmekkel causal-final filmért filmekért translative filmmé filmekké terminative filmig filmekig essive-formal filmként filmekként essive-modal - - inessive filmben filmekben superessive filmen filmeken adessive filmnél filmeknél illative filmbe filmekbe sublative filmre filmekre allative filmhez filmekhez elative filmből filmekből delative filmről filmekről ablative filmtől filmektől

possessives of film possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. filmem filmjeim 2nd person sing. filmed filmjeid 3rd person sing. filmje filmjei 1st person plural filmünk filmjeink 2nd person plural filmetek filmjeitek 3rd person plural filmjük filmjeik

Derived terms

• filmez

Compound words

• akciófilm
• dokumentumfilm
• filmgyártás
• filmszínész
• filmsztár
• játékfilm

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Indonesian

Noun

film

1. film

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Italian

Noun

film m (invariable)

1. film

Synonyms

• pellicola

Related terms

• filmabile
• filmato
• filmare
• filmico
• filmina
• filmografia
• filmologia

See also

• cinema

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Jèrriais

Etymology

Borrowing from English film.

Noun

film m (plural films)

1. movie, film

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

Wikipedia ^no

film

1. film

Inflection

	singular	plural
indefinite	film	filmer
definite	filmen	filmene

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Polish

Etymology

From English film

Pronunciation

• IPA: [fʲilm]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

film m

1. film, movie, motion picture
2. film (medium used to capture images in a camera)

Declension

    declension of film

	singular	plural
nominative	film	filmy
genitive	filmu	filmów
dative	filmowi	filmom
accusative	film	filmy
instrumental	filmem	filmami
locative	filmie	filmach
vocative	filmie	filmy

Derived terms

• filmowy, filmografia, filmowiec

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Romanian

Etymology

French film

Noun

film n (plural filme)

1. movie, film

Declension

declension of film

	singular		plural
gender n	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un film	filmul	niște filme	filmele
genitive/dative	unui film	filmului	unor filme	filmelor

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English film.

Noun

fȉlm m (Cyrillic spelling фи̏лм)

1. film (in photography)
2. film (motion picture)

Declension

    declension of film

	singular	plural
nominative	film	filmovi
genitive	filma	filmova
dative	filmu	filmovima
accusative	film	filmove
vocative	filme	filmovi
locative	filmu	filmovima
instrumental	filmom	filmovima

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Slovak

Noun

film m , declension pattern dub

1. photographic film
2. movie, motion picture

Derived terms

• filmár
• filmovať
• filmový

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Swedish

Wikipedia ^sv

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Noun

film c

1. film; a thin layer
2. film; medium used to capture images in a camera
3. a movie

Declension

Declension of film

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	film	filmen	filmer	filmerna
genitive	films	filmens	filmers	filmernas

Related terms

barnfilm dokumentärfilm filma filmaffisch filmarbetare filmare filmarkiv filmateljé filmatisera filmatisering filmatisk filmbearbetning filmbild filmbolag filmbranschen filmcensur filmdebut filmduk filmepisod filmfars filmfestival

filmfotograf filmföreställning filmförevisning filmgala filmhistoria filmhistorisk filmhjälte filmidol filmindustri filminspelning filmintresse filmintresserad filmisk filmkamera filmkanal filmkarriär filmkassett filmklipp filmklubb filmkomedi filmkomiker filmkonst filmkontrakt filmkritik

filmkritiker filmkrönika filmkunskap filmkännare filmmakare filmmanus filmmanuskript filmmogul filmmusik filmning filmografi filmotek filmpolitik filmpolitiker filmpolitisk filmpremiär filmpris filmproducent filmproduktion filmprojekt filmprojektor filmrecensent filmrecension filmregi

filmregissör filmremsa filmroll filmrulle filmrättigheter filmsal filmsamling filmsammanhang filmscen filmsekvens filmskapare filmskådespelare filmskådespelerska filmskådis filmsnutt filmstjärna filmstjärneleende filmstudio filmsuccé filmsvit filmsynopsis filmteam filmteknik filmterm

filmtitel filmupptagning filmvamp filmversion filmvetenskap filmvisning filmvåld filmvärld filmälskare färgfilm kortfilm långfilm oljefilm spelfilm stumfilm

References

• film in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

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Turkish

Etymology

From French film.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [film] or colloquially IPA: [filim]

Noun

film (definite accusative filmi, plural filmler)

1. a medium used to capture images in a camera
2. a movie

Declension

declension of film

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	film	filmler
definite accusative (belirtme)	filmi	filmleri
dative (yönelme)	filme	filmlere
locative (bulunma)	filmde	filmlerde
ablative (çıkma)	filmden	filmlerden
genitive (tamlayan)	filmin	filmlerin

possessive forms of film

nominative	singular	plural
benim (my)	filmim	filmlerim
senin (your)	filmin	filmlerin
onun (his/her/its)	filmi	filmleri
bizim (our)	filmimiz	filmlerimiz
sizin (your)	filminiz	filmleriniz
onların (their)	filmleri	filmleri
accusative	singular	plural
benim (my)	filmimi	filmlerimi
senin (your)	filmini	filmlerini
onun (his/her/its)	filmini	filmlerini
bizim (our)	filmimizi	filmlerimizi
sizin (your)	filminizi	filmlerinizi
onların (their)	filmlerini	filmlerini
dative	singular	plural
benim (my)	filmime	filmlerime
senin (your)	filmine	filmlerine
onun (his/her/its)	filmine	filmlerine
bizim (our)	filmimize	filmlerimize
sizin (your)	filminize	filmlerinize
onların (their)	filmlerine	filmlerine
locative	singular	plural
benim (my)	filmimde	filmlerimde
senin (your)	filminde	filmlerinde
onun (his/her/its)	filminde	filmlerinde
bizim (our)	filmimizde	filmlerimizde
sizin (your)	filminizde	filmlerinizde
onların (their)	filmlerinde	filmlerinde
ablative	singular	plural
benim (my)	filmimden	filmlerimden
senin (your)	filminden	filmlerinden
onun (his/her/its)	filminden	filmlerinden
bizim (our)	filmimizden	filmlerimizden
sizin (your)	filminizden	filmlerinizden
onların (their)	filmlerinden	filmlerinden
genitive	singular	plural
benim (my)	filmimin	filmlerimin
senin (your)	filminin	filmlerinin
onun (his/her/its)	filminin	filmlerinin
bizim (our)	filmimizin	filmlerimizin
sizin (your)	filminizin	filmlerinizin
onların (their)	filmlerinin	filmlerinin