film

== English == === Etymology === 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”), Borrowed from Latin vēlum (“a cloth, covering, awning, curtain, veil”). 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɪlm/, [fɪɫm] Rhymes: -ɪlm (Scotland, Northumbria, Ireland, Northern Ontario) IPA(key): [ˈfɪlm̩], [ˈfɪləm] (MLE) IPA(key): /fɪu̯m/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈfɪl(ɪ)m/ === Noun === film (countable and uncountable, plural films) A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity. (photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera. (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. (countable) The sequence of still images itself, which produces a moving image when played; a movie. A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb. ==== Synonyms ==== (motion picture): movie ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === film (third-person singular simple present films, present participle filming, simple past and past participle filmed) (ambitransitive) To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film. (ambitransitive) To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound. (transitive) To cover or become covered with a thin skin or pellicle. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === MILF, milf == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch film, from English film, or borrowed from English film. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fəlm/ === Noun === film (plural films) film == Albanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French film, from English film. === Noun === film m (plural filma, definite filmi, definite plural filmat) film movie ==== Declension ==== == Azerbaijani == === Etymology === Ultimately from English film. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [film] === Noun === film (definite accusative filmi, plural filmlər) film, movie Synonym: kino sənədli film ― documentary film bədii film ― feature film cizgi film ― animated cartoon film çəkmək ― to shoot a movie film çəkilişi ― film set, movie-making film nümayişi ― film screening ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “film” in Obastan.com. == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from English film. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfilm] === Noun === film m (plural films) film (a movie) Synonym: pel·lícula ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “film”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Crimean Tatar == === Etymology === Borrowed from English film. === Noun === film film (clarification of this definition is needed.) ==== Declension ==== === References === Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[4], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from English film. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfɪlm] === Noun === film m inan (photography) film movie, film, motion picture ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “film”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “film”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English film. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /film/, [ˈfilm] Rhymes: -ilm === Noun === film c (singular definite filmen, plural indefinite film) a movie, a film, motion picture film; a thin layer (sports, cant) filming, acting ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English film. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɪlm/, /ˈfɪləm/ Hyphenation: film Rhymes: -ɪlm, -ɪləm === Noun === film m (plural films, diminutive filmpje n) a film, thin layer or membrane; especially the physical medium film a film production, movie (uncountable) the movie sector, cinema ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Caribbean Hindustani: felam → Caribbean Javanese: film → Indonesian: film → Javanese: film, filem == Estonian == === Etymology === German Film. === Noun === film (genitive filmi, partitive filmi) film (motion picture) photographic film ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== filmindus filmilint värvifilm === Further reading === film in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English film. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /film/ === Noun === film m (plural films) movie, film ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Albanian: film → Arabic: فِيلْم (fīlm), فِلْم (film) → Khmer: ហ្វីល (fiil) → Lingala: filme → Persian: فیلم (film) → Romanian: film → Turkish: film → Vietnamese: phim === Further reading === “film”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === film singular imperative of filmen == Hungarian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English film. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfilm] Hyphenation: film Rhymes: -ilm === Noun === film (countable and uncountable, plural filmek) (photography) film (a medium used to capture images in a camera) film, movie, motion picture, picture (a recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion) film, cinematic art, cinema, cinematography (the art of making films and movies) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === film in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Indonesian == === Alternative forms === filem pilem (uncommon) === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch film. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈfiləm/ [ˈfi.ləm] Rhymes: -iləm === Noun === film (plural film-film) film (a thin layer of some substance) film (a medium used to capture images in a camera) film (a movie or motion picture) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “film”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Alternative forms === filme === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English film. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfilm/ Rhymes: -ilm Hyphenation: fìlm === Noun === film m (invariable) film, movie Synonym: pellicola Guardi dei film? ― Do you watch movies? ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === cinema === Further reading === film in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Javanese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch film. === Noun === film film === Further reading === The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011), “film”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN == Kashubian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Polish film. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfilm/ Rhymes: -ilm Syllabification: film === Noun === film m inan (related adjective filmòwi) movie, film, motion picture ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Jan Trepczyk (1994), “film”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2 Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “film”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[6] “film”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022 == Norman == === Etymology === Borrowed from English film. === Noun === film m (plural films) (Jersey) movie, film == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === film m (definite singular filmen, indefinite plural filmer, definite plural filmene) a film (for taking photographs in a camera) a film (thin material, layer or coating) a film, movie (cinematic production) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== filme === Verb === film imperative of filme === References === “film” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === film m (definite singular filmen, indefinite plural filmar, definite plural filmane) a film (for taking photographs in a camera) a film (thin material, layer or coating) a film, movie (cinematic production) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “film” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English film. First attested in the 19th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfilm/ Rhymes: -ilm Syllabification: film === Noun === film m inan (diminutive filmik, related adjective filmowy) film, movie, motion picture (series of pictures creating the illusion of motion) film (art of creating such a series of pictures) Synonyms: dziesiąta muza, kino film (material on which such a series of pictures are recorded) (photography) film, photographic film Synonyms: błona, klisza, taśma filmowa (engineering, sciences) film (thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Kashubian: film === Trivia === According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), film is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 7 times in scientific texts, 44 times in news, 31 times in essays, 6 times in fiction, and 15 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 103 times, making it the 602nd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words. === References === === Further reading === film in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN film in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English film. === Noun === film m (plural filmes) (dated or rare) alternative form of filme == Romanian == === Alternative forms === филм (film) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling === Etymology === Borrowed from French film or German Film, from English film. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfilm/ Rhymes: -ilm Hyphenation: film === Noun === film n (plural filme) movie, film ==== Declension ==== === References === Romanian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From English film, from Middle English filme, from Old English filmen (“film, membrane, thin skin, foreskin”), from Proto-Germanic *filminją (“thin skin, membrane”), from Proto-Indo-European *pél-mo- (“membrane”), from *pel- (“to cover, skin”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfilim/ === Noun === film m (genitive singular film, plural filmichean) film, movie === Mutation === == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English film. === Noun === fȉlm m inan (Cyrillic spelling фи̏лм) film (photography) film (motion picture) ==== Declension ==== == Silesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Film. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfilm/ Rhymes: -ilm Syllabification: film === Noun === film m inan film, movie, motion picture (photography) film, photographic film ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === film in silling.org == Slovak == === Etymology === Borrowed from English film. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [film] === Noun === film m inan (genitive singular filmu, nominative plural filmy, genitive plural filmov, declension pattern of dub) photographic film movie, motion picture ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== filmár filmovať filmový filmovo filmík === References === === Further reading === “film”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English film. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfilm/ [ˈfilm] Rhymes: -ilm Syllabification: film === Noun === film m (plural films) alternative spelling of filme (film, motion picture) ==== Further reading ==== “film”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “film”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation] == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Noun === film c film; a thin layer film; medium used to capture images in a camera a movie ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === film in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) == Turkish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French film, ultimately from English film. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fil(i)m/ === Noun === film (definite accusative filmi, plural filmler) a medium used to capture images in a camera a movie a thin layer ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “film”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “film”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı == Uzbek == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian фильм (filʹm), from English film. === Noun === film (plural filmlar) film, movie, motion picture Synonyms: kino, kinofilm, kartina ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== filmoskop filmoteka