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10 Language-to-English DictionariesFilmmaterial
Pronunciation / Transliteration: film-muh-teeri-ahl
"Das historische Filmmaterial wurde sorgfältig restauriert."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Cinematographic or video recording, especially a specific sequence of film or digital media shot for a particular purpose.
"The documentary features rare archival footage from the 1960s." - 2
The measured length of a motion picture film expressed in feet.
"The editor carefully measured the remaining footage on the reel."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the noun 'foot' combined with the suffix '-age' denoting a collective amount or measurement. Originally referring to the length of motion picture film measured in feet, its meaning has expanded in the digital age to denote any recorded video material regardless of physical medium.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Footage" is said worldwide
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images
Transliteration: ee-mahzh
Script: images d'archives
"Le réalisateur a intégré de nouvelles images dans le film."
Filmmaterial
Transliteration: film-muh-teeri-ahl
"Das historische Filmmaterial wurde sorgfältig restauriert."
filmato
Transliteration: fil-mah-toh
"Hanno trovato un vecchio filmato della città."
metraje
Transliteration: meh-trah-heh
"El director revisó todo el metraje antes de editar."
filmagem
Transliteration: feel-mah-zhẽy
"A filmagem da festa ficou excelente."
फ़ੁटेज
Transliteration: futej
Script: फ़ुटेज
"इस वृत्तचित्र में दुर्लभ फुटेज का उपयोग किया गया है।"
镜头
Transliteration: jìntóu
"这部纪录片包含许多珍贵的历史镜头。"
영상
Transliteration: yeong-sang
"편집된 영상이 매우 자연스럽습니다."
映像
Transliteration: eizou
"そのドキュメンタリーには貴重な映像が含まれている。"
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