film

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): /fɪlm/, [fɪɫm]
    • Audio (RP)(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɪlm
  • (North East England, Ireland) IPA(key): [ˈfɪlm̩], [ˈfɪləm]

Noun[edit]

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. […], London: […] J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton, H. Lintot, J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, and S. Draper, published 1751, →OCLC, lines 39–40, page 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[1], 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.

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Translations[edit]

motion picture — see movie
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Verb[edit]

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.

Translations[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

film (plural films)

  1. film

Albanian[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French film, from English film.

Noun[edit]

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

  1. film
  2. movie

Declension[edit]

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

Azerbaijani[edit]

Other scripts
Cyrillic филм
Perso-Arabic فیلم‎

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from English film.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

film (definite accusative filmi, plural filmlər)

  1. film, movie
    sənədli film ― documentary film
    bədii film ― feature film
    film çəkmək ― to shoot a movie
    film çəkilişi ― film set, movie-making
    film nümayişi ― film screening
    Synonym: kino

Declension[edit]

    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

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English film.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

film m (plural films)

  1. film (a movie)
    Synonym: pel·lícula

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Crimean Tatar[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English film.

Noun[edit]

film

  1. film (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension[edit]

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

References[edit]

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

film m inan

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

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

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

Derived terms[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English film.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Descendants[edit]

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

Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

German Film.

Noun[edit]

film (genitive filmi, partitive filmi)

  1. film (motion picture)
  2. photographic film

Declension[edit]

Declension of film (type riik)
singular plural
nominative film filmid
genitive filmi 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[edit]

Further reading[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English film.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

film m (plural films)

  1. movie, film

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

film

  1. singular imperative of filmen

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English film.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term at the end

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology[edit]

From earlier pilem, from Dutch film, from English film.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ˈfɪlm]
  • (Betawi) IPA(key): /ˈfɪl(ə)m/, /ˈpeləm/

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

  • filem (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Affixed terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English film.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

film m (invariable)

  1. film, movie
    Synonym: pellicola
    Guardi dei film? ― Do you watch movies?

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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

Norman[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English film.

Noun[edit]

film m (plural films)

  1. (Jersey) movie, film

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Terms derived from film

Related terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

film

  1. imperative of filme

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Terms derived from film

References[edit]

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English film, from Middle English filme, from Old English filmen, from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-, from Proto-Germanic *filmīn-, from Proto-Indo-European *pél-mo-, from *pel.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

film m inan (diminutive filmik)

  1. film, movie, motion picture
  2. (photography) photographic film
    Synonyms: błona, klisza, taśma filmowa

Declension[edit]

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

Related terms[edit]

adjectives
adverb
nouns
verbs

Further reading[edit]

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

Portuguese[edit]

Noun[edit]

film m (plural filmes)

  1. Superseded spelling of filme.

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

film n (plural filme)

  1. movie, film

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

film m (genitive singular film, plural filmichean)

  1. film, movie

Mutation[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English film.

Noun[edit]

fȉlm m (Cyrillic spelling фи̏лм)

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

Declension[edit]

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

Slovak[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. photographic film
  2. movie, motion picture

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • film in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English film.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

film m (plural films)

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

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

film c

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

Declension[edit]

Declension of film 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative film filmen filmer filmerna
Genitive films filmens filmers filmernas

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French film, from English film.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

film (definite accusative filmi, plural filmler)

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

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

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

Uzbek[edit]

Uzbek Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From Russian фильм (filʹm), from English film.

Noun[edit]

film (plural filmlar)

  1. film, movie, motion picture
    Synonyms: kino, kinofilm, kartina

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

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