silent film en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
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(countable, retronym, uncountable) A film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue.
Set against the background of the American civil war, with Keaton a cunning but unskilled driver, unaided, of the ponderous giant of a locomotive, it remains not only probably the funniest film about railways ever made, but one of the funniest silent films to retain its comic power over today's more sophisticated audiences.
1958 February 14, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in Railway Magazine, page 88:Lewis Stone as the Marquis gives one of the greatest performances in silent film I have ever seen.
2009, Neil McDonald, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 104
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| silent films | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
photoplay · silent picture · silent movie
Translations (32)
ca pel·lícula muda (film without sound) · pl film niemy (film without sound) · cmn 無聲片 /无声片 (film without sound) · fi mykkäelokuva (film without sound) · th หนังใบ้ (film without sound) · sv stumfilm (film without sound) · pt filme mudo (film without sound) · el βουβή ταινία (film without sound) · el βωβός κινηματογράφος (film without sound) · es cine mudo (film without sound) · ga scannán tostach (film without sound) · cs němý film (film without sound) · fr film muet (film without sound) · ta ஊமைப்படம் (film without sound) · ko 무성영화 (film without sound) · th หนังเงียบ (film without sound) · vi phim câm (film without sound) · th ภาพยนตร์ใบ้ (film without sound) · nl stomme film (film without sound) · ms filem bisu (film without sound) · cmn 默片 (film without sound) · ja サイレント映画 (film without sound) · tr sessiz film (film without sound) · de Stummfilm (film without sound) · hu némafilm (film without sound) · ro film mut (film without sound) · ru немой фильм (film without sound) · th ภาพยนตร์เงียบ (film without sound) · pa ਮੂਕ ਫ਼ਿਲਮ (film without sound) · cmn 無聲電影 /无声电影 (film without sound) · ar سِينِمَا صَامِتَة (film without sound) · da stumfilm (film without sound)