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Definition 2025

feature_film

feature film

English

Noun

feature film ‎(plural feature films)

(originally) The main, full-length film in a cinema program that also included a short film and often a newsreel
Any film produced to be shown in cinemas before being released for home viewing

Translations

the main, full-length film in a cinema program

Dutch: hoofdfilm m
French: long métrage (fr) m
German: Hauptfilm m

Japanese: 長編映画 ‎(ちょうへんえいが, chōhen eiga)
Malay: filem cetera
Portuguese: longa-metragem f
Russian: полнометра́жный фильм m ‎(polnometrážnyj filʹm)

any film produced to be shown in cinemas before being released for home viewing

Chinese:
Mandarin: 故事片 (zh) ‎(gùshìpiàn), 故事片兒, 故事片儿 ‎(gùshìpiànr)
Dutch: speelfilm (nl) m, avondvullende film m
Finnish: elokuva (fi), teatterielokuva
French: long métrage (fr) m
Hungarian: játékfilm (hu), mozifilm (hu)

Irish: príomhscannán m, scannán lánfhada m
Japanese: フィーチャー映画 ‎(fīchā eiga)
Manx: ard-fillym m
Polish: film pełnometrażowy m
Russian: худо́жественный фильм m ‎(xudóžestvennyj filʹm), игрово́й фильм m ‎(igrovój filʹm)