Dictionary

special effect en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (plural, usually) An effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means, as for example by the digital manipulation of previously filmed footage.
   • So popular was trickwork and spectacle with nineteenth-century audiences, in fact, that hundreds of plays were written solely as vehicles for magic, special effects, or elaborately trapped settings. 2013, Joel Schechter, Popular Theatre: A Sourcebook, page 16:

Forms

Synonyms

FX · S.F.X. · SFX · F/X

Translations (25)

mi ata mariko (an effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means) · tr özel efekt (an effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means) · pl efekty specjalne (an effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means) · de Spezialeffekt (an effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means) · id efek khusus (an effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means) · ka სპეციალური ეფექტი (an effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means) · ja 特殊撮影 (an effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means) · az xüsusi effekt (an effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means) · pt efeito especial (an effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means) · ar عنصر الإبهار (an effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means) · cmn 特效 (an effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means) · he אפקט מיוחד (an effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means) · ms kesan istimewa (an effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means) · sv specialeffekt (an effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means) · ru спецэффе́кт (an effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means) · cmn 特技 (an effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means) · ca efecte especial (an effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means) · ro efect special (an effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means) · fr effet spécial (an effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means) · fi erikoisefekti (an effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means) · id efek visual (an effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means) · ka სპეცეფექტი (an effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means) · ms kesan khas (an effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means) · es efectos especiales (an effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means) · cmn 特殊效果 (an effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means)