Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
documentary en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Texas) audio
- /ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tə.ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌdɑ.kjəˈmɛn.tə.ɹi/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˌdɑ.kjəˈmɛn.tɹi/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éye-ti
Proto-Italic *dokejō
Proto-Italic *dokeō
Ancient Greek διδάσκω (didáskō)sl.
Latin doceō
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Latin documentumbor.
French document
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusder.
French -aire
French documentairebor.
English documentary
From French adjective and (hence) noun documentaire, from document, from Latin documentum. Equivalent to document + -ary.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of, related to, or based on documents.
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(not-comparable) Which serves to document (record or illustrate) a subject.
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(not-comparable, of a film, qualifier:book; etc; book; etc) Presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter.
Just as there is a tradition of history painting, so there is one of history photographs — which of course are not documentary. They're posed as the world was supposed to be.
1982 February 6, Martin Krieger, “Stark/Erotic”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 28, page 10:a documentary film
Deriveds
documentariness · quasidocumentary · nondocumentary · documentary hypothesis · predocumentary · undocumentary · documentarily
Synonyms
documentational · documentative · documentative · documentational
Translations (37)
he תִּעוּדִי (presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter) · pt documental (presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter) · th สารคดี (presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter) · ga doiciméadach (of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something) · vo dokümik (of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something) · uk документа́льний (of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something) · id dokumenter (of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something) · pl dokumentarny (of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something) · ar مُوَثَّق (presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter) · cs dokumentární (presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter) · es documental (of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something) · sv dokumentär (presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter) · nl documentair (of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something) · sv dokumentarisk (of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something) · ru документа́льный (of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something) · fi dokumentaarinen (of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something) · hi वृत्तचित्र (of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something) · pt documental (of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something) · es documental (presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter) · hi वृत्तचित्र (presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter) · es documentario (of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something) · it documentario (presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter) · is heimilda- (of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something) · bg документа́лен (of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something) · ka დოკუმენტური (presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter) · cy dogfennol (of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something) · az sənədli (presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter) · hy վավերագրական (presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter) · pl dokumentalny (of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something) · ar وَثَائِقِيّ (of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something) · th สารคดี (of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something) · fi dokumentaarinen (presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter) · ca documental (of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something) · fr documentaire (of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something) · be дакумента́льны (of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something) · ka დოკუმენტური (of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something) · ro documentar (of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something)
documentary en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Texas) audio
- /ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tə.ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌdɑ.kjəˈmɛn.tə.ɹi/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˌdɑ.kjəˈmɛn.tɹi/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éye-ti
Proto-Italic *dokejō
Proto-Italic *dokeō
Ancient Greek διδάσκω (didáskō)sl.
Latin doceō
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Latin documentumbor.
French document
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusder.
French -aire
French documentairebor.
English documentary
From French adjective and (hence) noun documentaire, from document, from Latin documentum. Equivalent to document + -ary.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.
If you watched Victoria Beckham’s lavishly produced Netflix documentary last October, you might have wondered why it didn’t even glance on the biggest elephant in Brand Beckham’s room[…]. But most big documentaries these days aren’t documentaries any more in the way previous practitioners of the craft might have understood the word. As her husband’s was before it, Victoria’s doc was a self-commissioned advertorial on which the subject also served as executive producer.
2026 January 20, Marina Hyde, “It’s a Brooklyn v Beckham Inc disaster: what happens when the elephant in the room goes rogue”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:Fifteen documentaries are in sharp-elbowed competition to be among the five Oscar nominees.
2014 December 4, Brooks Barnes, Michael Cieply, “Documentaries Jostle Against Oscar Obscurity”, in The New York Times, retrieved 28 Jun 2015:
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(uncountable) Such works collectively, as a genre.
Such sequences draw attention to the affective appeals that environmental documentary typically makes, precisely by absenting those appeals.
2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 61:
Forms
Antonyms
fiction
Deriveds
pseudodocumentary · drama documentary · docufantasy · minidocumentary · fictional documentary · documedia · photodocumentary · rockumentary · docucomedy · docudrama · fuckumentary · soapumentary · mockumentary · false documentary · documentarian · semidocumentary · docuseries · docusoap · schlockumentary · webumentary · doco · docutainment · documercial · documentarist · shockumentary · dramamentary · documentarylike · stalkumentary · vlogumentary · antidocumentary · documemoir · docufiction · microdocumentary · docufilm
Relateds
cinéma vérité
Translations (129)
kmr belgefilm (documentary film) · co documentariu (documentary film) · el ντοκιμαντέρ (documentary film) · sco documentarie (documentary film) · et dokumentaalfilm (programme or publication of fact) · fr documentaire (programme or publication of fact) · id film dokumenter (documentary film) · tg филми мустанад (documentary film) · af dokkie (programme or publication of fact) · ro documentar (documentary film) · tr belgesel (documentary film) · de Dokumentation (programme or publication of fact) · ar شَرِيطٌ وَثَائِقِيّ (programme or publication of fact) · az sənədli film (documentary film) · ja ドキュメンタリー (documentary film) · ar وَثَائِقِيّ (programme or publication of fact) · hu dokumentumfilm (documentary film) · nl documentaire (documentary film) · ca documental (programme or publication of fact) · fi dokkari (documentary film) · th ภาพยนตร์สารคดี (documentary film) · tl dokumentaryo (documentary film) · bn প্রামাণ্য চলচ্চিত্র (documentary film) · ko 기록영화 (documentary film) · sh dokumentarni film (documentary film) · it documentario (documentary film) · eo dokumentfilmo (documentary film) · pl dokument (documentary film) · nb dokumentar (programme or publication of fact) · ky документ кино (documentary film) · nl documentairefilm (documentary film) · sk dokumentárny film (documentary film) · ro film documentar (documentary film) · pt documentário (programme or publication of fact) · es documental (programme or publication of fact) · mi pakipūmeka (documentary film) · fi dokumenttielokuva (programme or publication of fact) · sh документарни филм (documentary film) · he צִלוּמֵי תְּעוּדָה (documentary film) · th สารคดี (programme or publication of fact) · sv dokumentär (documentary film) · uz hujjatli film (documentary film) · fy dokumintêre (documentary film) · mn баримтат кино (documentary film) · tr belgesel (programme or publication of fact) · nn dokumentar (documentary film) · es documental (documentary film) · nb dokumentarprogram (programme or publication of fact) · nl documentaire (programme or publication of fact) · de Dokumentarfilm (documentary film) · nb dokumentar (documentary film) · nn dokumentarfilm (documentary film) · mi motuhenga (programme or publication of fact) · sv dokumentärfilm (programme or publication of fact) · fr documentaire (documentary film) · ga clár faisnéise (programme or publication of fact) · fi dokumentaari (programme or publication of fact) · cmn 紀錄片 /纪录片 (documentary film) · ja 記録映画 (documentary film) · ms dokumentari (programme or publication of fact) · hy վավերագրական կինոնկար (programme or publication of fact) · et dokk (programme or publication of fact) · fi dokumenttielokuva (documentary film) · fi dokumentti (programme or publication of fact) · ko 다큐멘터리 (documentary film) · tl dokumental (programme or publication of fact) · fi dokumentti (documentary film) · sco documentarie film (documentary film) · nb dokumentarfilm (documentary film) · mt dokumentarju (documentary film) · de Dokumentation (documentary film) · mk документа́рен филм (documentary film) · da dokumentarfilm (documentary film) · hy վավերագրական կինոնկար (documentary film) · pl film dokumentalny (documentary film) · ka დოკუმენტური ფილმი (documentary film) · fy dokumintêrefilm (documentary film) · yue 紀錄片 /纪录片 (documentary film) · km ភាពយន្តឯកសារ (documentary film) · ga scannán faisnéise (documentary film) · fa-ira مُسْتَنَد (documentary film) · ur تَحْرِیری (documentary film) · fr film documentaire (documentary film) · pt documentário (documentary film) · sq film dokumentar (documentary film) · hi वृत्तचित्र (documentary film) · ga scannán faisnéise (programme or publication of fact) · mk документа́рец (documentary film) · is heimildamynd (documentary film) · lo ຟິມເອກະສານ (documentary film) · nn dokumentarprogram (programme or publication of fact) · sl dokumentarni film (documentary film) · cmn 記錄片 /记录片 (documentary film) · cmn 紀錄片 /纪录片 (programme or publication of fact) · ug ھۆججەتلىك فىلىم (documentary film) · af dokumentêr (programme or publication of fact) · kk деректі фильм (documentary film) · sv dokumentär (programme or publication of fact) · ms filem dokumentari (documentary film) · be дакумента́льны фільм (documentary film) · et dokumentaalfilm (documentary film) · lv dokumentālā filma (documentary film) · sv dokumentärfilm (documentary film) · co ducumentariu (documentary film) · be дакумэнта́льны фільм (documentary film) · ur دَسْتاویزی (documentary film) · fy dokumintêre (programme or publication of fact) · tk dokumental film (documentary film) · vi phim tài liệu (documentary film) · tl dokumentaryo (programme or publication of fact) · cs dokumentární film (documentary film) · ru документа́льный фильм (documentary film) · ar فيلم وثائقي (documentary film) · ar فِلْم وَثَائِقِيّ (documentary film) · tr belgesel film (documentary film) · de Doku (programme or publication of fact) · hi वृत्तचित्र (programme or publication of fact) · lt dokumentinis kinas (documentary film) · fa-ira فیلْمِ مُسْتَنَد (documentary film) · uk документа́льний фільм (documentary film) · th สารคดี (documentary film) · bg документа́лен филм (documentary film) · mi pakipūmeka (programme or publication of fact) · oc documentari (programme or publication of fact) · nl docu (programme or publication of fact) · ca documental (documentary film) · nn dokumentar (programme or publication of fact) · et tõsielufilm (programme or publication of fact) · cs dokument (programme or publication of fact)