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10 Language-to-English DictionariesFilm
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /fɪlm/
"Der Film hat mir sehr gut gefallen."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A motion picture; a movie recorded on photographic stock or digitally for projection in theaters or broadcast.
"They went to the cinema to watch a historical film."
- 1
To capture or record a scene, event, or story using a camera or recording device to create a movie.
"The director plans to film the final scenes in the mountains next week."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English word 'fylmen', meaning a thin skin, membrane, or veil, stemming from Proto-Germanic roots. By the late 19th century, the term was adopted to describe the thin sensitized layer of gelatin or celluloid used in photography and motion pictures, eventually coming to denote the motion picture medium itself.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Film" is said worldwide
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film
Transliteration: /film/
"Nous avons regardé un excellent film hier soir."
Film
Transliteration: /fɪlm/
"Der Film hat mir sehr gut gefallen."
film
Transliteration: /film/
"Abbiamo visto un bel film al cinema."
película
Transliteration: /pe.liˈku.la/
"Anoche vimos una película muy interesante."
filme
Transliteration: /ˈfiw.mi/
"Eles vão filmar a nova cena amanhã."
फ़िल्म
Transliteration: film
"हमने कल एक अच्छी फ़िल्म देखी।"
电影
Transliteration: diànyǐng
"这部电影非常感人。"
영화
Transliteration: yeonghwa
"우리는 주말에 영화를 보러 갔다."
映画
Transliteration: eiga
"昨日の夜、面白い映画を見ました。"
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