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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesfilme
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈfiw.mi/
"Eles vão filmar a nova cena amanhã."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A motion picture; a movie recorded on photographic stock or digitally for projection in theaters or broadcast.
"They went to the cinema to watch a historical film."
- 1
To capture or record a scene, event, or story using a camera or recording device to create a movie.
"The director plans to film the final scenes in the mountains next week."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English word 'filmen', meaning a thin skin, membrane, or veil. By the late 19th century, with the invention of photography and motion pictures, the term was applied to the thin cellulose ribbon coated with a light-sensitive emulsion used to capture moving images.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Film" is said worldwide
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film
Transliteration: /film/
"Nous avons regardé un excellent film hier soir."
Film
Transliteration: /fɪlm/
"Der Film hat mir sehr gut gefallen."
film
Transliteration: /film/
"Abbiamo visto un bel film al cinema."
película
Transliteration: /pe.liˈku.la/
"Anoche vimos una película muy interesante."
filme
Transliteration: /ˈfiw.mi/
"Eles vão filmar a nova cena amanhã."
फ़िल्म
Transliteration: film
"हमने कल एक अच्छी फ़िल्म देखी।"
电影
Transliteration: diànyǐng
"这部电影非常感人。"
영화
Transliteration: yeonghwa
"우리는 주말에 영화를 보러 갔다."
映画
Transliteration: eiga
"昨日の夜、面白い映画を見ました。"
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