film

See also: Film

English

Etymology

From Middle English filme, from Old English filmen (“film, membrane, thin skin, foreskin”), from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-, from Proto-Germanic *filmīn- (“thin skin, membrane”) (compare Proto-Germanic *felma- (“skin, hide”)), from Proto-Indo-European *pél-mo- (“membrane”), from *pel- (“to cover, skin”). Cognate with Old Frisian filmene (“thin skin, human skin”), Middle Dutch velm, vilm (“fleece, film, membrane”), Old High German felm (“peel, skin, wrap”), Old English *felma (in ǣġerfelma (“egg membrane”)). Related also to Dutch vel (“sheet, skin”), 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 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪlm/, [fɪɫm]

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

• (North East England, Ireland) IPA^(key): [ˈfɪlm̩], [ˈfɪləm]
  • Rhymes: -ɪlm

Noun

film (countable and uncountable, plural films)

1. A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.

   a clear plastic film for wrapping food

   • 1712 (date written), Alexander Pope, “Messiah. A Sacred Eclogue, in Imitation of Virgil’s Pollio.”, in The 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, published 1751, →OCLC, page 40, lines 39–40:

     He from thick films ſhall purge the viſual ray, / And on the ſightleſs eye-ball pour the day: […]

2. (photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.
3. (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”, in Religions‎^[4], volume 5, number 1, MDPI, →DOI, pages 219–257:

     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 and film.

4. (countable) The sequence of still images itself; a movie.
5. A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.
   • c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:

     Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film.

Synonyms

• (motion picture): movie

Derived terms

• action film
• adult film
• art film
• blood film
• blue film
• bold film
• book of the film
• buddy film
• cine film
• ciné film
• cling film
• cult film
• disaster film
• dry film thickness
• exploitation film
• feature film
• file film
• film at 11
• film at eleven
• film badge
• film badge holder
• film blanc
• film bro
• film comic
• film-craft
• film crew
• film director
• film-goer
• film horse
• filmic
• film industry
• film library
• filmmaker
• film maker
• film-maker
• film making
• filmmaking
• filmography
• filmology
• film out
• film projector
• film punctuation
• film school
• film set
• film-set
• film speed
• film star
• film stock
• film strip
• film studies
• filmy
• fuck film
• genre film
• have seen this film
• horror film
• image film
• Langmuir-Blodgett film
• masala film
• movie film
• musical film
• on film
• package film
• pink film
• popcorn film
• portmanteau film
• quarter-wavelength film
• road film
• Rollin film
• short film
• silent film
• slasher film
• snuff film
• soap film
• sound film
• sound-on-film
• stag film
• talking film
• tentpole film
• theatrical film
• thesis film
• thin-film
• thin film
• thin-film interference
• thin-film transistor
• war film
• λ/4 film

 

Descendants

• → Arabic: فِلِم (filim)
• → Catalan: film
• → Crimean Tatar: film
• → Czech: film
• → Danish: film
• → French: film (see there for further descendants)
• → Galician: filme
• → German: Film
  • → Silesian: film
• → Hindi: फ़िल्म (film)
• → Hungarian: film
• → Italian: film
• → Japanese: フィルム (firumu)
• → Lao: ຟີມ (fīm)
• → Norman: film
• → Polish: film
  • → Kashubian: film
  • → Masurian: film
• → Portuguese: filme
• → Punjabi: ਫ਼ਿਲਮ (filam)
• → Russian: фильм (filʹm) (see there for further descendants)
• → Scottish Gaelic: film
• → Serbo-Croatian: фи̏лм / fȉlm
• → Slovak: film
• → Spanish: filme
• → Thai: ฟิล์ม (fim)
• → Urdu: فلم (film)
• → Welsh: ffilm
• → Chinese: 菲林 (fēilín)

Translations

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
• 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
• Middle English: filme
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: film (no) m

  Nynorsk: film m

• Old English: filmen m
• 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
• 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 lam^4-2)

  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
• 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
• Mongolian: хальс (mn) (xalʹs)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: film (no) m

  Nynorsk: film m

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: فیلْم (fa) (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
• 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

motion picture — see movie

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Gujarati: ^{(please verify)} ચિત્રપટ (citrapaṭ), ^{(please verify)} ચિત્રપટ પટ્ટી (citrapaṭ paṭṭī) (photographic film)
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} filmas m, ^{(please verify)} kinas (lt) m

Verb

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

1. (transitive, intransitive) To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film.

   A Hollywood studio was filming on location in NYC.

   I tried to film the UFO as it passed overhead.

   • 2021 June 30, Tim Dunn, “How we made... Secrets of the London Underground”, in RAIL, number 934, pages 49–50:

     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.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.
3. (transitive) To cover or become covered with a thin skin or pellicle.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], line 146:

     It will but skin and film the ulcerous place.

   • 2012, Nathan Archer, Valhalla:

     Her legs folded under her, and her eyes filmed over.

Translations

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)

Anagrams

• MILF, milf

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch film, from English film, or borrowed from English film.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fəlm/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

film (plural films)

1. film

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French film, from English film.

Noun

film m (plural filma, definite filmi, definite plural filmat)

1. film
2. movie

Declension

Declension of film

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	film	filma	filmi	filmat
accusative			filmin
dative	filmi	filmave	filmit	filmavet
ablative		filmash

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		филм
Abjad		فیلم

Etymology

Ultimately from English film.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [film]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

film (definite accusative filmi, plural filmlər)

1. film, movie

   Synonym: kino

   sənədli film ― documentary film

   bədii film ― feature film

   cizgi film ― animated cartoon

   film çəkmək ― to shoot a movie

   film çəkilişi ― film set, movie-making

   film nümayişi ― film screening

Declension

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

Possessive forms of film
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	filmim	filmlərim
sənin (“your”)	filmin	filmlərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	filmi	filmləri
bizim (“our”)	filmimiz	filmlərimiz
sizin (“your”)	filminiz	filmləriniz
onların (“their”)	filmi or filmləri	filmləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	filmimi	filmlərimi
sənin (“your”)	filmini	filmlərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	filmini	filmlərini
bizim (“our”)	filmimizi	filmlərimizi
sizin (“your”)	filminizi	filmlərinizi
onların (“their”)	filmini or filmlərini	filmlərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	filmimə	filmlərimə
sənin (“your”)	filminə	filmlərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	filminə	filmlərinə
bizim (“our”)	filmimizə	filmlərimizə
sizin (“your”)	filminizə	filmlərinizə
onların (“their”)	filminə or filmlərinə	filmlərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	filmimdə	filmlərimdə
sənin (“your”)	filmində	filmlərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	filmində	filmlərində
bizim (“our”)	filmimizdə	filmlərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	filminizdə	filmlərinizdə
onların (“their”)	filmində or filmlərində	filmlərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	filmimdən	filmlərimdən
sənin (“your”)	filmindən	filmlərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	filmindən	filmlərindən
bizim (“our”)	filmimizdən	filmlərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	filminizdən	filmlərinizdən
onların (“their”)	filmindən or filmlərindən	filmlərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	filmimin	filmlərimin
sənin (“your”)	filminin	filmlərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	filminin	filmlərinin
bizim (“our”)	filmimizin	filmlərimizin
sizin (“your”)	filminizin	filmlərinizin
onların (“their”)	filminin or filmlərinin	filmlərinin

Further reading

• “film” in Obastan.com.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English film.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈfilm]

Noun

film m (plural films)

1. film (a movie)

   Synonym: pel·lícula

Related terms

• filmar
• fílmic

Further reading

• “film” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from English film.

Noun

film

1. film (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension

Declension of film

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

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[5], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English film.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɪlm]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

film m inan

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

Declension

Declension of film (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	film	filmy
genitive	filmu	filmů
dative	filmu	filmům
accusative	film	filmy
vocative	filme	filmy
locative	filmu	filmech
instrumental	filmem	filmy

Derived terms

• filmař
• filmovat

 

Further reading

• film in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• film in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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
3. plural indefinite of film

Inflection

Declension of film

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	film	filmen	film	filmene
genitive	films	filmens	films	filmenes

Derived terms

• filme
  • filmning
• filmfotograf
• filmhold
• filmproduktion
• filmskole

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English film.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪlm/, /ˈfɪləm/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: film
• Rhymes: -ɪlm, -ɪləm

Noun

film m (plural films, diminutive filmpje n)

1. A film, thin layer or membrane; especially the physical medium film.
2. A film production, movie
3. (uncountable) The movie sector, cinema.

Derived terms

• filmen
• filmproducent
• filmregisseur
• kostuumfilm
• speelfilm
• tekenfilm
• verfilmen

Descendants

• → Caribbean Hindustani: felam
• → Caribbean Javanese: film

Estonian

Etymology

German Film.

Noun

film (genitive filmi, partitive filmi)

1. film (motion picture)
2. photographic film

Declension

Declension of film (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		film	filmid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	filmi
genitive			filmide
partitive		filmi	filme filmisid
illative		filmi filmisse	filmidesse filmesse
inessive		filmis	filmides filmes
elative		filmist	filmidest filmest
allative		filmile	filmidele filmele
adessive		filmil	filmidel filmel
ablative		filmilt	filmidelt filmelt
translative		filmiks	filmideks filmeks
terminative		filmini	filmideni
essive		filmina	filmidena
abessive		filmita	filmideta
comitative		filmiga	filmidega

Derived terms

• filmindus
• filmilint
• värvifilm

Further reading

• film in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English film.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /film/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

film m (plural films)

1. movie, film

Derived terms

• film de boules
• film de cul
• film de guerre
• film d’épouvante
• film d’exploitation
• film d’horreur
• film muet
• film noir
• film X
• filmage
• filmer
• filmique
• filmographie
• se faire des films

 

Descendants

• → Albanian: film
• → Romanian: film
• → Turkish: film
• → Vietnamese: phim

Further reading

• “film”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Verb

film

1. singular imperative of filmen

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English film.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfilm]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: film
• Rhymes: -ilm

Noun

film (countable and uncountable, plural filmek)

1. (photography) film (a medium used to capture images in a camera)
2. 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)
3. film, cinematic art, cinema, cinematography (the art of making films and movies)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	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
non-attributive possessive - singular	filmé	filmeké
non-attributive possessive - plural	filméi	filmekéi

Possessive forms of film
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
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

• filmes
• filmez

 

Compound words with this term at the beginning

• filmfesztivál
• filmgyártás
• filmkazetta
• filmkritika
• filmművészet
• filmpremier
• filmrendező
• filmsorozat
• filmszínész
• filmsztár

 

Compound words with this term at the end

• akciófilm
• detektívfilm
• dokumentumfilm
• hangosfilm
• játékfilm
• kisfilm
• kultuszfilm
• mikrofilm
• mozifilm
• némafilm
• pornófilm
• rajzfilm
• rollfilm
• rövidfilm
• síkfilm
• werkfilm

 

Further reading

• film in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch film, from English film.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ləm/

Noun

film (first-person possessive filmku, second-person possessive filmmu, third-person possessive filmnya)

1. film,
   1. a thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
   2. (photography) a medium used to capture images in a camera.
   3. a movie, a motion picture, a recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion.

Alternative forms

• filem
• filem (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Affixed terms

• memfilmkan
• perfilman

 

Further reading

• “film” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English film.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfilm/
• Rhymes: -ilm
• Hyphenation: fìlm

Noun

film m (invariable)

1. film, movie

   Synonym: pellicola

   Guardi dei film? ― Do you watch movies?

Derived terms

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

 

See also

• cinema

Further reading

• film in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch film.

Noun

film

1. film

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “film”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish film.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʲilm/
• Syllabification: film

Noun

film m inan (related adjective filmòwi)

1. movie, film, motion picture

Derived terms

verbs

• filmòwac impf

 

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “film”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1-2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “film”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[6]
• “film”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Masurian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish film.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfilm]
• Syllabification: film

Noun

film m inan

1. movie, film, motion picture

Further reading

• Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021) “film”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur‎^[7], volume 2, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 212

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English film.

Noun

film m (plural films)

1. (Jersey) movie, film

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

film m (definite singular filmen, indefinite plural filmer, definite plural filmene)

1. a film (for taking photographs in a camera)
2. a film (thin material, layer or coating)
3. a film, movie (cinematic production)

Derived terms

• filmavis
• filmhastighet
• filmindustri
• filmkamera
• filmmaker
• filmskaper
• filmstjerne
• krigsfilm
• skrekkfilm

 

Related terms

• filme

Verb

film

1. imperative of filme

References

• “film” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

film m (definite singular filmen, indefinite plural filmar, definite plural filmane)

1. a film (for taking photographs in a camera)
2. a film (thin material, layer or coating)
3. a film, movie (cinematic production)

Derived terms

• filmavis
• filmindustri
• filmkamera
• filmstjerne
• krigsfilm
• skrekkfilm

 

References

• “film” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English film. First attested in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /film/

• Audio 1

  (file)

• Audio 2

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ilm
• Syllabification: film

Noun

film m inan (diminutive filmik, related adjective filmowy)

1. film, movie, motion picture (series of pictures creating the illusion of motion)
2. film (art of creating such a series of pictures)

   Synonyms: dziesiąta muza, kino

3. film (material on which such a series of pictures are recorded)
4. (photography) film, photographic film

   Synonyms: błona, klisza, taśma filmowa

5. (engineering, sciences) film (thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity)

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

adverbs

• jak na zwolnionym filmie

 

nouns

• antyfilm
• czeski film
• film drogi
• filmiarz
• filmidło
• filmodruk
• filmoteka
• filmowiec
• filmoznawca
• filmoznawstwo
• filmówka

 

verbs

• filmować impf, sfilmować pf

 

verbs

• film urwał się pf, film urywa się impf
• zdjąć film z półki pf

 

Related terms

adjectives

• antyfilmowy
• filmograficzny
• filmologiczny
• filmoteczny
• filmoznawczy

 

adverbs

• filmowo

 

nouns

• filmdruk
• filmografia
• filmolog
• filmologia
• filmotechnika
• filmowość

 

Descendants

• → Kashubian: film
• → Masurian: film

Trivia

According to Słownik 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.

Further reading

• film in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• film in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

film m (plural filmes)

1. Superseded spelling of filme.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French film or German Film, from English film.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /film/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ilm

Noun

film n (plural filme)

1. movie, film

Declension

Declension of film

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) film	filmul	(niște) filme	filmele
genitive/dative	(unui) film	filmului	(unor) filme	filmelor
vocative	filmule		filmelor

References

• Romanian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From English film, from Middle English filme, from Old English filmen (“film, membrane, thin skin, foreskin”), from Proto-Germanic *filminją (“thin skin, membrane”), from Proto-Indo-European *pél-mo- (“membrane”), from *pel- (“to cover, skin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfilim/

Noun

film m (genitive singular film, plural filmichean)

1. film, movie

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
film	fhilm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English film.

Noun

fȉlm m (Cyrillic spelling фи̏лм)

1. film (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

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Film.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfilm/
• Rhymes: -ilm
• Syllabification: film

Noun

film m inan

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

Declension

Declension of film

	singular	plural
nominative	film	filmy
genitive	filmu	filmōw
dative	filmowi	filmōm
accusative	film	filmy
instrumental	filmym	filmami/filmōma
locative	filmu	filmach
vocative	filmu	filmy

Related terms

adjectives

• filmograficzny
• filmologiczny

 

adverbs

• filmograficznie
• filmologicznie

 

nouns

• filmografijŏ
• filmologijŏ

 

verbs

 

Further reading

• film in silling.org

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from English film.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiɫm/

Noun

film m inan (genitive singular filmu, nominative plural filmy, genitive plural filmov, declension pattern of dub)

1. photographic film
2. movie, motion picture

Declension

Declension of film

	singular	plural
nominative	film	filmy
genitive	filmu	filmov
dative	filmu	filmom
accusative	film	filmy
locative	filme	filmoch
instrumental	filmom	filmami

Derived terms

• filmár
• filmovať
• filmový
• filmovo
• filmík

Further reading

• “film”, in Slovníkový 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, 2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English film.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfilm/ [ˈfilm]
• Rhymes: -ilm
• Syllabification: film

Noun

film m (plural films)

1. Alternative spelling of filme (film, motion picture)

Further reading

• “film”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

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
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	film	filmen	filmer	filmerna
Genitive	films	filmens	filmers	filmernas

Related terms

• actionfilm
• agentfilm
• barnfilm
• dokumentärfilm
• familjefilm
• feelgoodfilm
• 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
• filmvetare
• filmvetenskap
• filmvisning
• filmvåld
• filmvärld
• filmälskare
• färgfilm
• genombrottsfilm
• journalfilm
• kalkonfilm
• katastroffilm
• kortfilm
• krigsfilm
• kultfilm
• långfilm
• mastodontfilm
• mikrofilm
• måbrafilm
• oljefilm
• p-film
• pilsnerfilm
• polaroidfilm
• popcornfilm
• porrfilm
• skräckfilm
• snyftfilm
• spelfilm
• spionfilm
• stumfilm
• superhjältefilm
• tecknad film
• videofilm
• västernfilm
• äventyrsfilm
• öppningsfilm
• övervakningsfilm

 

References

• film in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French film, from English film.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fil(i)m/

Noun

film (definite accusative filmi, plural filmler)

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

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	film
Definite accusative	filmi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	film	filmler
Definite accusative	filmi	filmleri
Dative	filme	filmlere
Locative	filmde	filmlerde
Ablative	filmden	filmlerden
Genitive	filmin	filmlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular filmim filmlerim 2nd singular filmin filmlerin 3rd singular filmi filmleri 1st plural filmimiz filmlerimiz 2nd plural filminiz filmleriniz 3rd plural filmleri filmleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular filmimi filmlerimi 2nd singular filmini filmlerini 3rd singular filmini filmlerini 1st plural filmimizi filmlerimizi 2nd plural filminizi filmlerinizi 3rd plural filmlerini filmlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular filmime filmlerime 2nd singular filmine filmlerine 3rd singular filmine filmlerine 1st plural filmimize filmlerimize 2nd plural filminize filmlerinize 3rd plural filmlerine filmlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular filmimde filmlerimde 2nd singular filminde filmlerinde 3rd singular filminde filmlerinde 1st plural filmimizde filmlerimizde 2nd plural filminizde filmlerinizde 3rd plural filmlerinde filmlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular filmimden filmlerimden 2nd singular filminden filmlerinden 3rd singular filminden filmlerinden 1st plural filmimizden filmlerimizden 2nd plural filminizden filmlerinizden 3rd plural filmlerinden filmlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular filmimin filmlerimin 2nd singular filminin filmlerinin 3rd singular filminin filmlerinin 1st plural filmimizin filmlerimizin 2nd plural filminizin filmlerinizin 3rd plural filmlerinin filmlerinin

Derived terms

1. " streç film" — Light, transparent plastic film used as a wrapping for food etc. —"clingfilm", Saran Wrap (US)

Uzbek

Etymology

From Russian фильм (filʹm), from English film.

Noun

film (plural filmlar)

1. film, movie, motion picture

   Synonyms: kino, kinofilm, kartina

Declension

Declension of film

	singular	plural
nominative	film	filmlar
genitive	filmning	filmlarning
dative	filmga	filmlarga
definite accusative	filmni	filmlarni
locative	filmda	filmlarda
ablative	filmdan	filmlardan

Possessive forms of film

my	singular	plural
nominative	filmim	filmlarim
genitive	filmimning	filmlarimning
dative	filmimga	filmlarimga
definite accusative	filmimni	filmlarimni
locative	filmimda	filmlarimda
ablative	filmimdan	filmlarimdan
your	singular	plural
nominative	filming	filmlaring
genitive	filmingning	filmlaringning
dative	filmingga	filmlaringga
definite accusative	filmingni	filmlaringni
locative	filmingda	filmlaringda
ablative	filmingdan	filmlaringdan
her/his/its	singular	plural
nominative	filmi	filmlari
genitive	filmining	filmlarining
dative	filmiga	filmlariga
definite accusative	filmini	filmlarini
locative	filmida	filmlarida
ablative	filmidan	filmlaridan
our	singular	plural
nominative	filmimiz	filmlarimiz
genitive	filmimizning	filmlarimizning
dative	filmimizga	filmlarimizga
definite accusative	filmimizni	filmlarimizni
locative	filmimizda	filmlarimizda
ablative	filmimizdan	filmlarimizdan
your	singular	plural
nominative	filmingiz	filmlaringiz
genitive	filmingizning	filmlaringizning
dative	filmingizga	filmlaringizga
definite accusative	filmingizni	filmlaringizni
locative	filmingizda	filmlaringizda
ablative	filmingizdan	filmlaringizdan
their	singular	plural
nominative	filmi	filmlari
genitive	filmining	filmlarining
dative	filmiga	filmlariga
definite accusative	filmini	filmlarini
locative	filmida	filmlarida
ablative	filmidan	filmlaridan

Related terms

• filmoskop
• filmoteka