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Webster 1913 Edition


Film

Film

,
Noun.
[AS.
film
skin, fr.
fell
skin; akin to
fylmen
membrane, OFries.
filmene
skin. See
Fell
skin.]
1.
A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
He from thick
films
shall purge the visual ray.
Pope.
3.
A slender thread, as that of a cobweb.
Her whip of cricket’s bone, the lash of
film
.
Shakespeare

Film

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.
It will but skin and
film
the ulcerous place.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Film

FILM

,
Noun.
[L. velamen, or from L. pellis.]
A thin skin; a pellicle, as on the eye. In plants, it denotes the thin skin which separates the seeds in pods.

FILM

,
Verb.
T.
To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.

Definition 2024


Film

Film

See also: film

German

Noun

Film m (genitive Films or Filmes, plural Filme)

  1. photographic film
  2. motion picture

Declension

Derived terms


Luxembourgish

Noun

Film m (plural Filmer)

  1. photographic film
  2. motion picture
  3. film, thin layer

film

film

See also: Film

English

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
    • Alexander Pope
      He from thick films shall purge the visual ray.
  2. (photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.
  3. A movie.
  4. A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare
      Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film.

Synonyms

  • (motion picture): movie

Derived terms

Translations

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.

Translations

Descendants

Anagrams


Azeri

Other scripts
Cyrillic филм
Roman film
Perso-Arabic فیلم

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [film]

Noun

film (definite accusative filmi, plural filmlər)

  1. film

Declension


Catalan

Noun

film m (plural films)

  1. film

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowing from English film.

Noun

film

  1. film

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

film m

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

Declension

Derived terms


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

Derived terms

  • filmning

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪlm

Noun

film m (plural films, diminutive filmpje n)

  1. film, movie

Derived terms


Estonian

Noun

film (genitive filmi, partitive filmi)

  1. movie

Declension

Derived terms

  • filmindus
  • filmilint
  • värvifilm

French

Etymology

Borrowing from English film.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /film/

Noun

film m (plural films)

  1. movie, film

Derived terms


Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfilm]
  • Hyphenation: film

Noun

film (plural filmek)

  1. film

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
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


Indonesian

Noun

film

  1. film

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪl(ə)m/, /ˈpeləm/ (Betawi dialect)

Italian

Noun

film m (invariable)

  1. film

Synonyms

Related terms

See also


Norman

Etymology

Borrowing 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)

Related terms

Derived terms

Verb

film

  1. imperative of filme

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


Polish

Etymology

Borrowing from English film.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fʲilm]

Noun

film m inan

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

Declension

Derived terms


Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from French film.

Noun

film n (plural filme)

  1. movie, film

Declension


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowing from English film.

Noun

fȉlm m (Cyrillic spelling фи̏лм)

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

Declension


Slovak

Noun

film m (declension pattern of dub)

  1. photographic film
  2. movie, motion picture

Derived terms


Spanish

Noun

film m (plural films or filmes)

  1. film; movie

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

film c

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

Declension

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

Related terms

References


Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from French film.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [film] or colloquially IPA(key): [filim]

Noun

film (definite accusative filmi, plural filmler)

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

Declension