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film  (flm)

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.

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[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.

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film [fɪlm]

n

1. (Performing Arts)

a.  a sequence of images of moving objects photographed by a camera and providing the optical illusion of continuous movement when projected onto a screen

b.  a form of entertainment, information, etc., composed of such a sequence of images and shown in a cinema, etc.

c.  (as modifier) film techniques

2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) a thin flexible strip of cellulose coated with a photographic emulsion, used to make negatives and transparencies

3. a thin coating or layer

4. a thin sheet of any material, as of plastic for packaging

5. a fine haze, mist, or blur

6. a gauzy web of filaments or fine threads

7. (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol an abnormally opaque tissue, such as the cornea in some eye diseases

vb

1. (Performing Arts)

a.  to photograph with a cine camera

b.  to make a film of (a screenplay, event, etc.)

2. (often foll by over) to cover or become covered or coated with a film

[Old English filmen membrane; related to Old Frisian filmene, Greek pelma sole of the foot; see fell⁴]

Thesaurus

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" motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture show, flick, picture 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 coming attraction - a movie that is advertised to draw customers shoot-'em-up - a movie featuring shooting and violence short subject - a brief film; often shown prior to showing the feature docudrama, documentary, documentary film, infotainment - a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event 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" skin flick - a pornographic movie rough cut - the first print of a movie after preliminary editing silent movie, silent picture, silents - a movie without a soundtrack slow motion - a movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed; achieved by taking the film at a faster rate talkie, talking picture - a movie with synchronized speech and singing 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" musical, musical comedy, musical theater - a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing 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" videotape, tape - record on videotape 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" cinema, celluloid 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" business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" 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 silver screen - the film industry
	3.	film - photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies photographic film footage - 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 cine-film, motion-picture film, movie film - photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool; to be used in a movie camera negative - a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed orthochromatic film - a photographic film sensitive to green and blue and violet light panchromatic film - photographic film sensitive to light of all colors (including red) photographic material, photographic paper - light-sensitive paper on which photograph can be printed 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 things plastic film Polaroid - (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" shoot, take motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, film, picture show, flick, picture - 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" record, enter, put down - make a record of; set down in permanent form 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" record, enter, put down - make a record of; set down in permanent form create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" cinematise, cinematize - make a film of or adopt so as to make into a film; "cinematize history" microfilm - record on microfilm

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film

noun

1. movie, picture, flick (slang), motion picture He appeared in the star role of the film.

2. cinema, the movies Film is a business with limited opportunities for actresses.

3. layer, covering, cover, skin, coating, coat, dusting, tissue, membrane, scum, gauze, integument, pellicle The sea is coated with a film of sewage.

4. haze, cloud, blur, mist, veil, opacity, haziness, mistiness There was a sort of film over my eyes.

verb

1. photograph, record, shoot, video, videotape, take We filmed the scene in one hour.

2. adapt for the screen, make into a film He filmed her life story.

Related words
adjectives cinematic, filmic

Translations

film [fɪlm]

A. N (= thin skin) → película f; [of dust] → capa f; [of smoke etc] → velo m (Cine, Phot) (= negatives) → película f; (= roll of film) → carrete m, rollo m; (at cinema) → película f, film m, filme m; (full-length) → largometraje m; (short) → corto(metraje) m
the films → el cine
silent film → película f muda
to make a film of [+ book] → llevar al cine, hacer una película de; [+ event] → filmar

B. VT [+ book] → llevar al cine, hacer una película de; [+ event] → filmar; [+ scene] → rodar

C. VI → rodar, filmar

D. CPD [camera, festival] → cinematográfico, de cine
film buff N → cinéfilo/a m/f
film crew N → equipo m cinematográfico
film fan N → aficionado/a m/f al cine
film library N → cinemateca f
film première N → estreno m oficial, premier f
film producer N → productor(a) m/f (cinematográfico)
film rights NPL → derechos mpl cinematográficos
film script N → guión m
film set N → plató m
film star N → estrella f de cine
film strip N → película f de diapositivas
film studio N → estudio m de cine
film test N → prueba f cinematográfica

film over VI + ADV [eyes] → empañarse

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film [ˈfɪlm]

n

(mainly British) (= movie) → film m

(for camera) → pellicule f, film m
a roll of film → une pellicule

(= thin layer) [powder, liquid, oil] → pellicule f

(also clingfilm) → film m alimentaire

vt [+ scene, person] → filmer

vi (= make a film) → tourner
film buff n → cinéphile mf
film censors n → censeurs mpl
film clip n → extrait m de film
film company n → société f de production, société f de production de films
film crew n → équipe f de tournage
film critic n → critique mf de cinéma
film festival n → festival m du cinéma

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film

n

(= motion picture) → Film m; to make or shoot a film → einen Film drehen or machen; to make a film (actor) → einen Film machen; to go to (see) a film → ins Kino gehen; he’s in films → er ist beim Film; to go into films → zum Film gehen

(Phot) → Film m; get your holiday on film → bannen Sie Ihre Ferien auf Film; I wish I’d got that on film → ich wünschte, ich hätte das aufnehmen können; to take a film of something → einen Film über etw (acc) → drehen or machen

(= layer) → Film m; (of dust) → Schicht f; (of ice on water) → Schicht f; (of mist, on the eye) → Schleier m; (= thin membrane) → Häutchen nt; (on teeth) → Belag m; (= fine web) → feines Gewebe

vt play → verfilmen; scene → filmen; people → einen Film machen von; he didn’t know he was being filmed → er wusste nicht, dass er gefilmt wurde

vi → filmen, drehen; we start filming or filming starts tomorrow → die Dreharbeiten fangen morgen an

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film:

film archives

pl → Filmarchiv (→ e pl) nt

film camera

n → Filmkamera f

film clip

n → Filmausschnitt m

film fan

n → Filmliebhaber(in) m(f), → Filmfan m

film festival

n → Filmfestival nt, → Filmfestspiele pl

filmgoer

n → Kinogänger(in) m(f), → Kinobesucher(in) m(f)

film library

n → Cinemathek f

film maker

n → Filmemacher(in) m(f)

film rights

pl → Filmrechte pl

film script

n → Drehbuch nt

film sequence

n → Filmsequenz f

film set

n → Filmset nt, → Filmdekoration f

filmset

vt (Brit Typ) → lichtsetzen, fotosetzen

filmsetting

n (Brit Typ) → Lichtsatz m, → Fotosatz m

film star

n → Filmstar m

film strip

n → Filmstreifen m

film studio

n → Filmstudio nt

film test

n → Probeaufnahmen pl; to give somebody a film → Probeaufnahmen von jdm machen

film version

n → Verfilmung f

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film [fɪlm]

1. n

a. (at cinema) → film m inv (Phot) → pellicola
a 36 exposure film → un rullino da 36 pose
film buff → appassionato/a di cinema
film camera → macchina da presa

b. (thin layer) → strato sottile, velo; (wrap) → pellicola

2. vt (scene) → filmare

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film

n film [film]

1 (a thin strip of) celluloid made sensitive to light on which photographs are taken photographic film. film فِلْم слой film film der Film ταινία, φιλμ carrete film(ilint) فیلم filmi pellicule סֶרֶט צִילוּם सिनेमा film za fotografije film film filma pellicola フィルム 감광막, 필름 filmas fotofilma filem film film film, błona filme filtru (фото)плёнка film film film film เยื่อบาง ๆ film 膠片 плівка مسالہ چڑھی نرم پلاسٹک جو کیمرہ میں تصوری کھینچنے کے لۓ لگائی جاتی ہے phim 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; speelfilm فِلْم سينَمائي филм film; filmový film; film- der Film, Film-... ταινία película film فیلم elokuva film סֶרֶט कैमरे की रील film; filmski film film kvikmynd film 映画 영화 filmas filma; filmas- filem film spillefilm film filme (de) film фильм film; filmový film, filmski film film ภาพยนตร์ film, sinema filmi 影片 фільм متحرک مناظر یا تاثیر پیدا کرانے والی فلم بند کی ہوئی کہانی bộ phim 影片

3 a thin skin or covering a film of dust. lagie غِشاء، طَبقَه رَقيقَه جِداً مِن الغُبار покритие film, povlak film; hinde; lag dünne Schicht λεπτό στρώμα capa, película kirme, kelme لایه نازک kalvo pellicule שִׁכבָה דָקָה झिल्ली, परत tanki sloj, prevlaka hártya lapisan (ryk)lag; þunn húð, himna pellicola 薄膜 얇은 층 plėvelė, sluoksnelis plēve; plāna kārta lapisan laagje hinne, tynt lag/belegg warstwa, powłoka película peli­culă налёт povlak sloj, plast sloj hinna, tunt skikt แผ่นพลาสติกบางสำหรับห่อของ ince tabaka, zar 薄膜 тонка оболонка مہین ورق màng 薄膜

v

1 to make a motion picture (of) They are going to film the race. verfilm يُصَوِّر فِلْماً أو شَريطاً سينمائِيّاً заснемам filmovat, natáčet optage; filme filmen κινηματογραφώ filmar filmima فیلم برداری کردن filmata filmer לְהַסרִיט चलचित्र बनाना snimiti filmez membuat film kvikmynda filmare 撮影する 영화화하다 filmuoti filmēt membuat filem verfilmen filme, filmatisere filmować filmar a filma снимать filmovať snemati snimiti filma สร้างภาพยนตร์ film(e) çekmek/almak 把...攝成電影 знімати кіно متحرک فلم بنانا quay thành phim 把...摄成电影

2 (usually withover) to cover with a film Her eyes gradually filmed (over) with tears. wasig word يُغَطِّي بِطَبَقَة من замъглявам (се) pokrýt se dække med en hinde sich trüben θολώνω cubrirse; nublarse looritama, loorituma با لایه ی نازک پوشاندن peittyä se couvrir מְכוּסֶה בְּדוֹק फिल्म का विषय होना prekriti, ispuniti se hártyásodik; könnybe lábad (szem) melapisi hylja; þekjast coprirsi 薄膜でおおう 얇은 막으로 덮다 apsitraukti, pasidengti pārklāties (ar plēvīti u.tml.) berkaca met een waas bedekken dekke med en hinne/et tynt lag pokrywać się enevoar-se a (se) descoperi затуманиваться pokryť sa prekriti (se) ispuniti skymmas, täckas av en hinna ปกปิด kaplanmak, buğulanmak (使)變朦朧 застилати, покривати ایک پرت چڑھنا phủ bằng một lớp màng （使）变朦胧

adj filmy

very light and thin a dress of filmy material. dun; deursigtig رَقيق، خَفيف ефирен průsvitný; lehký tynd; gennemsigtig hauchdünn αραχνοΰφαντος vaporoso looritaoline بسیار نازک و سبک ohut vaporeux קְרוּמִי बहुत महीन lagan, prozračan fátyolszerű tipis (næfur)þunnur velato 薄膜状の 매우 얇은 labai plonas plāns; smalks jarang ragdun lett, tynn, gjennomsiktig przejrzysty diáfano transparent тонкий как паутинка priesvitný; ľahučký tenek providan tunn, spindelvävslik ซึ่งถูกปกคลุมด้วยเยื่อบาง ๆ çok ince ve hafif 薄膜似的 тонкий, як павутинка بہت ہلکا اور پتلا mỏng 薄膜似的

n filmstar

a famous actor or actress in films. rolprentster نَجم أو نَجْمَة سينما кинозвезда filmová hvězda filmstjerne der Filmstar κινηματογραφικός αστέρας estrella de cine filmitäht هنرپیشه برجسته فیلم filmitähti étoile de cinéma כּוֹכָב קוֹלנוֹעַ फिल्मी सितारा filmska zvijezda filmsztár bintang film kvikmyndastjarna stella/divo-a del cinema 映画スター 영화 스타 kino žvaigždė kinozvaigzne bintang filem filmster filmstjerne gwiazda filmowa estrela de cinema star/stea de cinema кинозвезда filmová hviezda filmska zvezda filmska zvezda filmstjärna นักแสดงภาพยนตร์ film yıldızı 電影明星 кінозірка فلم کا مشہور اداکار ngôi sao màn bạc 电影明星

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film → فيلم film film Film ταινία película elokuva film film film 映画 영화 film film film filme пленка film ภาพยนตร์ film phim 电影