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film (f lm)n.1. A thin skin or membrane. 2. A thin, opaque, abnormal coating on the cornea of the eye. 3. A thin covering or coating: a film of dust on the piano. 4. A thin, flexible, transparent sheet, as of plastic, used in wrapping or packaging. 5. a. A thin sheet or strip of flexible material, such as a cellulose derivative or a thermoplastic resin, coated with a photosensitive emulsion and used to make photographic negatives or transparencies. b. A thin sheet or strip of developed photographic negatives or transparencies. 6. a. A movie. b. Movies considered as a group. 7. A coating of magnetic alloys on glass used in manufacturing computer storage devices. v. filmed, film·ing, films v.tr.1. To cover with or as if with a film. 2. To make a movie of or based on: film a rocket launch; film a scene from a ballet. v.intr.1. To become coated or obscured with or as if with a film: The window filmed over with moisture. 2. To make or shoot scenes for a movie.
[Middle English, from Old English filmen; see pel-3 in Indo-European roots.] Word History: One indication of the gulf between us and our Victorian predecessors is that the Oxford English Dictionary fascicle containing the word film, published in 1896, does not have the sense "a motion picture." The one hint of the future to be found among still familiar older senses of the word, such as "a thin skin or membranous coating" or "an abnormal thin coating on the cornea," is the sense of film used in photography, a sense referring to a coating of material, such as gelatin, that could substitute for a photographic plate or be used on a plate or on photographic paper. Thus a word that has been with us since Old English times took on this new use, first recorded in 1845, which has since developed and now refers to an art form, a sense first recorded in 1920. |
film Noun 1. a. a sequence of images projected onto a screen, creating the illusion of movement b. a form of entertainment in such a sequence of images Related adjective cinematic 2. a thin flexible strip of cellulose coated with a photographic emulsion, used to make negatives and slides 3. a thin coating, covering, or layer: a fine film of dust covered the floor 4. a thin sheet of any material, as of plastic for packaging Verb 1. a. to photograph with a movie or video camera b. to make a film of (a screenplay or event) 2. film over to cover or become covered with a thin layer Adjective of or relating to films or the cinema [Old English filmen membrane]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  film - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"product, production - an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production" sequence, episode - film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie credit - an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work; "the credits were given at the end of the film" subtitle, caption - translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen credits - a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film) telefilm - a movie that is made to be shown on television scene, shot - a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film feature film, feature - the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater; "the feature tonight is `Casablanca'" final cut - the final edited version of a movie as approved by the director and producer home movie - a film made at home by an amateur photographer collage film - a movie that juxtaposes different kinds of footage short subject - a brief film; often shown prior to showing the feature cinema verite - a movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a director film noir - a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters; "film noir was applied by French critics to describe American thriller or detective films in the 1940s" rough cut - the first print of a movie after preliminary editing slow motion - a movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed; achieved by taking the film at a faster rate 3-D, 3D, three-D - a movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance show - a social event involving a public performance or entertainment; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway" dub - provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language synchronise, synchronize - make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action; "synchronize this film" film, shoot, take - make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie" reshoot - shoot again; "We had to reshoot that scene 24 times" | | 2. |  film - a medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events"cut-in, insert - (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" MacGuffin, McGuffin - (film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot; "the McGuffin was a key element of Alfred Hitchcock's films" medium - a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information | | 3. |  film - photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparenciesfootage - film that has been shot; "they had stock footage of lightning, tornados, and hurricanes"; "he edited the news footage" microfilm - film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used to read the material negative - a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed panchromatic film - photographic film sensitive to light of all colors (including red) positive - a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject reel - a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector roll - photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light roll film - photographic film wound on a spool sequence, episode - film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie X-ray film - photographic film used to make X-ray pictures film clip - a strip of motion picture film used in a telecast | | 4. | film - a thin coating or layer; "the table was covered with a film of dust"object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" scum - a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid slick - a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water soap film - a film left on objects after they have been washed in soap | | 5. | film - a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover thingsPolaroid - (trade mark) a plastic film that can polarize a beam of light; often used in sunglasses to eliminate glare flat solid, sheet - a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width shrink-wrap - the clinging transparent plastic film that is used to shrinkwrap something wrapping, wrapper, wrap - the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped | | Verb | 1. | film - make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"photograph, shoot, snap - record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President" reshoot - shoot again; "We had to reshoot that scene 24 times" | | 2. | film - record in film; "The coronation was filmed"create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
film noun 3. layer, covering, cover, skin, coating, coat, dusting, tissue, membrane, scum, gauze, integument, pellicle verb 6. adapt for the screen, make into a film >> adjectives cinematic  Translationsfilm [fɪlm] n → film m; I'd like a 36-exposure film → je voudrais une pellicule de 36 poses film [fɪlm] n ( CINE) → film m inv;
filmn film [film]1 (a thin strip of) celluloid made sensitive to light on which photographs are taken photographic film.filmفِلْمслойfilmfilmder Filmταινία, φιλμcarretefilm(ilint)فیلمfilmipelliculeסֶרֶט צִילוּםसिनेमाfilm za fotografijefilmfilmfilmapellicolaフィルム필름filmasfotofilmafilemfilmfilmfilm, błonafilmefiltru(фото)плёнкаfilmfilmfilmfilmเยื่อบาง ๆfilm膠片плівкаمسالہ چڑھی نرم پلاسٹک جو کیمرہ میں تصوری کھینچنے کے لۓ لگائی جاتی ہےphim软片 2 a story, play etc shown as a motion picture in a cinema, on television etc to make a film; (also adjective ) a film version of the novel.rolprent; speelfilmفِلْم سينَمائيфилмfilm; filmovýfilm; film-der Film, Film-...ταινίαpelículafilmفیلمelokuvafilmסֶרֶטकैमरे की रीलfilm; filmskifilmfilmkvikmyndfilm映画영화filmasfilma; filmas-filemfilmspillefilmfilmfilme(de) filmфильмfilm; filmovýfilm, filmskifilmfilmภาพยนตร์film, sinema filmi影片фільмمتحرک مناظر یا تاثیر پیدا کرانے والی فلم بند کی ہوئی کہانیbộ phim影片 3 a thin skin or covering a film of dust.lagieغِشاء، طَبقَه رَقيقَه جِداً مِن الغُبارпокритиеfilm, povlakfilm; hinde; lagdünne Schichtλεπτό στρώμαcapa, películakirme, kelmeلایه نازکkalvo, kelmupelliculeשִׁכבָה דָקָהझिल्ली, परतtanki sloj, prevlakahártyalapisan(ryk)lag; þunn húð, himnapellicola薄膜엷은 막plėvelė, sluoksnelisplēve; plāna kārtalapisanlaagjehinne, tynt lag/beleggwarstwa, powłokapelículapeliculăналётpovlaksloj, plastslojhinna, tunt skiktแผ่นพลาสติกบางสำหรับห่อของince tabaka, zar薄膜тонка оболонкаمہین ورقmàng薄膜 v 1 to make a motion picture (of) They are going to film the race.verfilmيُصَوِّر فِلْماً أو شَريطاً سينمائِيّاًзаснемамfilmovat, natáčetoptage; filmefilmenκινηματογραφώfilmarfilmimaفیلم برداری کردنfilmatafilmerלְהַסרִיטचलचित्र बनानाsnimitifilmezmembuat filmkvikmyndafilmare撮影する영화를 만들다filmuotifilmētmembuat filemverfilmenfilme, filmatiserefilmowaćfilmara filmaсниматьfilmovaťsnematisnimitifilmaสร้างภาพยนตร์film(e) çekmek/almak把...攝成電影знімати кіноمتحرک فلم بناناquay thành phim把...摄成电影 2 (usually with over) to cover with a film Her eyes gradually filmed (over) with tears.wasig wordيُغَطِّي بِطَبَقَة منзамъглявам (се)pokrýt sedække med en hindesich trübenθολώνωcubrirse; nublarselooritama, looritumaبا لایه ی نازک پوشاندنsumentaa, sumentuase couvrirמְכוּסֶה בְּדוֹקफिल्म का विषय होनाprekriti, ispuniti sehártyásodik; könnybe lábad (szem)melapisihylja; þekjastcoprirsi薄膜でおおう엷은 막으로 덮이다apsitraukti, pasidengtipārklāties (ar plēvīti u.tml.)berkacamet een waas bedekkendekke med en hinne/et tynt lagpokrywać sięenevoar-sea (se) descoperiзатуманиватьсяpokryť saprekriti (se)ispunitiskymmas, täckas av en hinnaปกปิดkaplanmak, buğulanmak(使)變朦朧застилати, покриватиایک پرت چڑھناphủ bằng một lớp màng（使）变朦胧 adj ˈfilmyvery light and thin a dress of filmy material.dun; deursigtigرَقيق، خَفيفефиренprůsvitný; lehkýtynd; gennemsigtighauchdünnαραχνοΰφαντοςvaporosolooritaolineبسیار نازک و سبکohutvaporeuxקְרוּמִיबहुत महीनlagan, prozračanfátyolszerűtipis(næfur)þunnurvelato薄膜状の엷은 막 같은, 얇고 가벼운labai plonasplāns; smalksjarangragdunlett, tynn, gjennomsiktigprzejrzystydiáfanotransparentтонкий как паутинкаpriesvitný; ľahučkýtenekprovidantunn, spindelvävslikซึ่งถูกปกคลุมด้วยเยื่อบาง ๆçok ince ve hafif薄膜似的тонкий, як павутинкаبہت ہلکا اور پتلاmỏng薄膜似的 n ˈfilmstara famous actor or actress in films. rolprentsterنَجم أو نَجْمَة سينماкинозвездаfilmová hvězdafilmstjerneder Filmstarκινηματογραφικός αστέραςestrella de cinefilmitähtهنرپیشه برجسته فیلمfilmitähtiétoile de cinémaכּוֹכָב קוֹלנוֹעַफिल्मी सिताराfilmska zvijezdafilmsztárbintang filmkvikmyndastjarnastella/divo-a del cinema映画スターkino žvaigždėkinozvaigznebintang filemfilmsterfilmstjernegwiazda filmowaestrela de cinemastar/stea de cinemaкинозвездаfilmová hviezdafilmska zvezdafilmska zvezdafilmstjärnaนักแสดงภาพยนตร์film yıldızı電影明星кінозіркаفلم کا مشہور اداکارngôi sao màn bạc电影明星
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absorbable gelatin film
