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film en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • [ˈfɪləm] (Ireland, Northern, Northumbria, Ontario, Scotland)
  • /fɪlm/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • [fɪɫm]
  • /ˈfɪl(ɪ)m/ (South-Asia)
  • [ˈfɪlm̩] (Ireland, Northern, Northumbria, Ontario, Scotland)
  • /fɪu̯m/ MLE, l-vocalization

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pel-der. Proto-Germanic *felma- Proto-Germanic *filmīn- Old English filmen Middle English filme English film From Middle English filme, from Old English filmen (“film, membrane, thin skin, foreskin”), from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-, from Proto-Germanic *filmīn- (“thin skin, membrane”) (compare Proto-Germanic *felma- (“skin, hide”)), from Proto-Indo-European *pél-mo- (“membrane”), from *pel- (“to cover, skin”). Cognate with Old Frisian filmene (“thin skin, human skin”), Middle Dutch velm, vilm (“fleece, film, membrane”), Old High German felm (“peel, skin, wrap”), Old English *felma (in ǣġerfelma (“egg membrane”)). Related also to Dutch vel (“sheet, skin”), German Fell (“skin, hide, fur”), Swedish fjäll (“fur blanket, cloth, scale”), Norwegian fille (“rag, cloth”), Lithuanian plėvē (“membrane, scab”), Russian плева́ (plevá, “membrane”), Ancient Greek πέλμα (pélma, “sole of the foot”). More at fell. Sense of a thin coat of something is 1577, extended by 1845 to the coating of chemical gel on photographic plates. By 1895 this also meant the coating plus the paper or celluloid.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
    • a clear plastic film for wrapping food
    • He from thick films ſhall purge the viſual ray, / And on the ſightleſs eye-ball pour the day: […] 1712 (date written), Alexander Pope, “Messiah. A Sacred Eclogue, in Imitation of Virgil’s Pollio.”, in The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. […], volume I, London: […] J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton, H. Lintot, J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, and S. Draper, published 1751, →OCLC, page 40, lines 39–40:
  2. (countable, uncountable) A medium used to capture images in a camera.
  3. (countable) The sequence of still images itself, which produces a moving image when played; a movie.
  4. (uncountable) A visual art form that consists of a sequence of still images preserved on a recording medium to give the illusion of motion; movies generally.
    • Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film. 2014 March 3, Zoe Alderton, “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions, volume 5, number 1, MDPI, →DOI, pages 219–257:
  5. (countable, uncountable) A professionally made movie of a substantial narrative work, around 1 to 3 hours long; a feature film; a cinematic movie.
  6. (countable, uncountable) A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.
    • Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film. c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
films Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

sound-on-film · film rights · film punctuation · film out · Rollin film · newsfilm · masala film · safety film · Langmuir-Blodgett film · film school · slasher film · image film · sound film · thin-film interference · film d'auteur · filmy · talking film · infilm · art film · ciné film · film strip · film comic · filmwise · nonfilm · filmlore · telefilm · antifilm · on film · fanfilm · feature film · filmcoated · film set · filmography · stag film · pink film · gold-film · epifilm · film studies · film at 11 · dry film thickness · film director · filmhood · λ/4 film · film bro · genre film · movie film · filmology · have seen this film · quarter-wavelength film · blue film · monofilm · biofilm · theatrical film · filmwork · file film · filmgoer · bold film · filmaholic · film industry · film reader · film badge · cling film · film score · snuff film · action film · film stock · cult film · film-maker · race film · thin film · film at eleven · film projector · film tourism · tribofilm · book of the film · adult film · war film · metafilm · silent film · film-set · exploitation film · film crew · filmdom · tentpole film · filmization · bibliofilm · horror film · soap film · filmmaking · filmgoing · befilm · filmify · filmcraft · plain film · filmesque · filmish · scientifilm · film library · film speed · film-goer · film star · brickfilm · popcorn film · filmstrip · stfilm · thin-film · buddy film · filmland · cinefilm · filmsetter · filmzine · cine film · filmize · package film · portmanteau film · flimsy · filmwright · filmset · filmlike · disaster film · filmic · filmmaker · filmscript · filmcard · film horse · minifilm · film-craft · filmless · prefilm · film blanc · gold-film glass · film maker · filmworthy · multifilm · film making · nanofilm · microfilm · blood film · postfilm · docufilm · musical film · short film · thin-film transistor · fuck film · bifilm · filmanthropy · film badge holder · road film

Descendants

film · ਫ਼ਿਲਮ · ffilm · ဖလင် · филм · filme · film · film · фильмъ · filmas · filem · ፊልም · фи́льма · Film · ෆිල්ම් · film · پلم · film · film · フィルム · φιλμ · filme · ฟิล์ม · فلم · filma · film · фильм · филм · filamu · filme · פִילְם · फिल्म · film · ፊልም · פֿילם · film · filme · film · ফিল্ম · film · fim · film · 필름 · ഫിലിം · फ़िल्म · 菲林 · ຟີມ

Synonyms

movie (motion picture)

Translations (132)

sk film (photographic film) · fr pellicule (photographic film) · et kõld (thin layer) · de Film (thin layer) · fi filmi (photographic film) · zh 膠卷 /胶卷 (photographic film) · he פילם (photographic film) · ca pel·lícula (photographic film) · sh па̏тина (thin layer) · be плёнка (photographic film) · et kelme (thin layer) · km ហ្វីល (photographic film) · fr pellicule (thin layer) · fa فیلْم (photographic film) · bg слой (thin layer) · th ฟิล์ม (thin layer) · et film (photographic film) · sv hinna (thin layer) · fa توژ (thin layer) · hi फ़िल्म (photographic film) · be плёнка (thin layer) · jv filem (photographic film) · zh 片子 (photographic film) · tl panginag (thin layer) · nb film (thin layer) · it pellicola (photographic film) · es película (photographic film) · hi चलचित्र (photographic film) · tk pleýonka (photographic film) · sh kȍžica (thin layer) · et kirme (thin layer) · hy թաղանթ (thin layer) · sh fȉlm (photographic film) · sh òpna (thin layer) · ca pel·lícula (thin layer) · ang filmen (thin layer) · ms filem (photographic film) · sh пре̏влака (thin layer) · hu film (photographic film) · ka ფოტოფირი (photographic film) · nl film (photographic film) · zh 膠帶 /胶带 (photographic film) · it film (photographic film) · io filmo (photographic film) · hi मूवी (photographic film) · tr yanka (photographic film) · hi सिनेमा (photographic film) · uk кіноплі́вка (photographic film) · st fileme (photographic film) · hu hártya (thin layer) · nl film (thin layer) · ar فيلم (photographic film) · es film (thin layer) · ru киноплёнка (photographic film) · tr film (photographic film) · ka აფსკი (thin layer) · mi kiriata (photographic film) · el μεμβράνη (thin layer) · pt filme (thin layer) · uk плі́вка (photographic film) · ru фотоплёнка (photographic film) · cy ffilm (photographic film) · it film (thin layer) · sk film (thin layer) · enm filme (thin layer) · sh о̀пна (thin layer) · he סֶרֶט (photographic film) · es película (thin layer) · th ฟิล์ม (photographic film) · sh ко̏жица (thin layer) · uk плі́вка (thin layer) · sv film (photographic film) · ota زار (thin layer) · sh фи̏лм (photographic film) · ar غشاوة (thin layer) · af film (photographic film) · bg филм (photographic film) · es filme (photographic film) · vi màng (thin layer) · gd sgàile (thin layer) · pl warstwa (thin layer) · zh 薄膜 (thin layer) · ka თხელი ფენა (thin layer) · ru плёнка (thin layer) · el φιλμ (photographic film) · nb film (photographic film) · km ហ្វ៊ីល (photographic film) · hy ժապավեն (photographic film) · mr पटल (thin layer) · pt filme (photographic film) · pl film (photographic film) · yue 菲林 (photographic film) · vi màng mỏng (thin layer) · nn film (photographic film) · cs film (photographic film) · pt película (thin layer) · uz plyonka (photographic film) · ja(thin layer) · bg ле́нта (photographic film) · nl laagje (thin layer) · el υμένιο (thin layer) · da film (photographic film) · ar فِلْم (photographic film) · fi kalvo (thin layer) · ga scannán (thin layer) · mr फिल्म (photographic film) · ja フィルム (photographic film) · nn film (thin layer) · hi चित्रपट (photographic film) · es film (photographic film) · ms selaput (thin layer) · he קְרוּם (thin layer) · ko 필름 (photographic film) · ar غِطَايَة (thin layer) · sh prȅvlaka (thin layer) · mn хальс (photographic film) · sv film (thin layer) · pt película (photographic film) · it pellicola (thin layer) · ru плёнка (photographic film) · is skán (thin layer) · af fliek (photographic film) · hi झिल्ली (thin layer) · ga scannán (photographic film) · de Film (photographic film) · da film (thin layer) · sh pȁtina (thin layer) · et kile (thin layer) · ka კინოფირი (photographic film) · zh 膠片 /胶片 (photographic film) · pl klisza (photographic film) · hi पिक्चर (photographic film)

wikidata: Q11424 · wikidata: Q6293 · wikidata: Q16144339

film en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • [ˈfɪləm] (Ireland, Northern, Northumbria, Ontario, Scotland)
  • /fɪlm/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • [fɪɫm]
  • /ˈfɪl(ɪ)m/ (South-Asia)
  • [ˈfɪlm̩] (Ireland, Northern, Northumbria, Ontario, Scotland)
  • /fɪu̯m/ MLE, l-vocalization

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pel-der. Proto-Germanic *felma- Proto-Germanic *filmīn- Old English filmen Middle English filme English film From Middle English filme, from Old English filmen (“film, membrane, thin skin, foreskin”), from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-, from Proto-Germanic *filmīn- (“thin skin, membrane”) (compare Proto-Germanic *felma- (“skin, hide”)), from Proto-Indo-European *pél-mo- (“membrane”), from *pel- (“to cover, skin”). Cognate with Old Frisian filmene (“thin skin, human skin”), Middle Dutch velm, vilm (“fleece, film, membrane”), Old High German felm (“peel, skin, wrap”), Old English *felma (in ǣġerfelma (“egg membrane”)). Related also to Dutch vel (“sheet, skin”), German Fell (“skin, hide, fur”), Swedish fjäll (“fur blanket, cloth, scale”), Norwegian fille (“rag, cloth”), Lithuanian plėvē (“membrane, scab”), Russian плева́ (plevá, “membrane”), Ancient Greek πέλμα (pélma, “sole of the foot”). More at fell. Sense of a thin coat of something is 1577, extended by 1845 to the coating of chemical gel on photographic plates. By 1895 this also meant the coating plus the paper or celluloid.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film.
    • I tried to film the UFO as it passed overhead.
    • It was truly one of the most horrific filming experiences of my career there, contrasting neatly with some of the best of my career - filming in various off-limits storerooms at LTM's Acton Depot. 2021 June 30, Tim Dunn, “How we made... Secrets of the London Underground”, in RAIL, number 934, pages 49–50:
    • A Hollywood studio was filming on location in NYC.
  2. (ambitransitive) To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.
  3. (transitive) To cover or become covered with a thin skin or pellicle.
    • Her legs folded under her, and her eyes filmed over. 2012, Nathan Archer, Valhalla:
    • It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], line 146:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
filming Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
films Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
filmed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
filmed Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

filmable · nonfilming · refilm · misfilm

Translations (44)

ca filmar (to record a motion picture) · nl filmen (to record a motion picture) · pt filmar (to record a motion picture) · gu ચિત્રપટ પટ્ટી પળ ચિત્રપટ ઉતારવું (to record a motion picture) · fr filmer (to record a motion picture) · es cinematografiar (to record a motion picture) · de filmen (to record a motion picture) · de drehen (to record a motion picture) · vi ghi hình (to record a motion picture) · io filmregistrar (to record a motion picture) · lt filmuoti (to record a motion picture) · ru снима́ть (to record a motion picture) · pl filmować (to record a motion picture) · es rodar (to record a motion picture) · hu filmez (to record a motion picture) · tr film çekmek (to record a motion picture) · hy նկարահանել (to record a motion picture) · he הִסְרִיט (to record a motion picture) · nrf filmer (to record a motion picture) · bg заснемам филм (to record a motion picture) · pl sfilmować (to record a motion picture) · el κινηματογραφώ (to record a motion picture) · sv filma (to record a motion picture) · ast filmar (to record a motion picture) · gl rodar (to record a motion picture) · oc filmar (to record a motion picture) · th ถ่ายภาพยนตร์ (to record a motion picture) · it girare (to record a motion picture) · cy ffilmio (to record a motion picture) · es filmar (to record a motion picture) · ru снять (to record a motion picture) · fr tourner (to record a motion picture) · ga scannánaigh (to record a motion picture) · gl filmar (to record a motion picture) · fi filmata (to record a motion picture) · fi elokuvata (to record a motion picture) · hi फ़िल्माना (to record a motion picture) · sk natáčať (to record a motion picture) · ast grabar (to record a motion picture) · ca enregistrar (to record a motion picture) · sk filmovať (to record a motion picture) · it filmare (to record a motion picture) · da filme (to record a motion picture) · vi quay phim (to record a motion picture)