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4-letter words (3 found)

FILM,FLIM,MILF,

3-letter words (2 found)

FIL,MIL,

2-letter words (3 found)

IF,LI,MI,

You can make 8 words from film according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of film

film iflm flim lfim ilfm lifm fiml ifml fmil mfil imfl mifl flmi lfmi fmli mfli lmfi mlfi ilmf limf imlf milf lmif mlif

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Definitions and meaning of film

film

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), 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]
  • (North East England, Ireland) IPA(key): [ˈfɪlm̩], [ˈfɪləm]
    • Rhymes: -ɪlm

Noun

film (countable and uncountable, plural films)

  1. A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
  2. (photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.
  3. (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.
  4. (countable) The sequence of still images itself; a movie.
  5. 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)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.
  3. (transitive) To cover or become covered with a thin skin or pellicle.

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)

  1. film

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French film, from English film.

Noun

film m (plural filma, definite filmi, definite plural filmat)

  1. film
  2. movie

Declension

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Ultimately from English film.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [film]

Noun

film (definite accusative filmi, plural filmlər)

  1. film, movie
    Synonym: kino
    sənədli filmdocumentary film
    bədii filmfeature film
    cizgi filmanimated cartoon
    film çəkməkto shoot a movie
    film çəkilişifilm set, movie-making
    film nümayişifilm screening

Declension

Further reading

  • “film” in Obastan.com.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English film.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈfilm]

Noun

film m (plural films)

  1. film (a movie)
    Synonym: pel·lícula

Related terms

  • filmar
  • fílmic

Further reading

  • “film” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from English film.

Noun

film

  1. film (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[5], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English film.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɪlm]

Noun

film m inan

  1. (photography) film
  2. movie, film, motion picture

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • film in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • film in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /film/, [ˈfilm]
  • Rhymes: -ilm

Noun

film c (singular definite filmen, plural indefinite film)

  1. a movie, a film, motion picture
  2. film; a thin layer
  3. plural indefinite of film

Inflection

Derived terms

  • filme
    • filmning
  • filmfotograf
  • filmhold
  • filmproduktion
  • filmskole

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English film.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɪlm/, /ˈfɪləm/
  • Hyphenation: film
  • Rhymes: -ɪlm, -ɪləm

Noun

film m (plural films, diminutive filmpje n)

  1. A film, thin layer or membrane; especially the physical medium film.
  2. A film production, movie
  3. (uncountable) The movie sector, cinema.

Derived terms

  • filmen
  • filmproducent
  • filmregisseur
  • kostuumfilm
  • speelfilm
  • tekenfilm
  • verfilmen

Descendants

  • Caribbean Hindustani: felam
  • Caribbean Javanese: film

Estonian

Etymology

German Film.

Noun

film (genitive filmi, partitive filmi)

  1. film (motion picture)
  2. 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)

  1. movie, film

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Albanian: 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

  1. 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)

  1. (photography) film (a medium used to capture images in a camera)
  2. 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)
  3. film, cinematic art, cinema, cinematography (the art of making films and movies)

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • film in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch film, from English film.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfi.ləm/

Noun

film (first-person possessive filmku, second-person possessive filmmu, third-person possessive filmnya)

  1. film,
    1. a thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
    2. (photography) a medium used to capture images in a camera.
    3. a movie, a motion picture, a recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion.

Alternative forms

  • filem
  • filem (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Affixed terms

Further reading

  • “film” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English film.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfilm/
  • Rhymes: -ilm
  • Hyphenation: fìlm

Noun

film m (invariable)

  1. 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

  1. film

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “film”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN


Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish film.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʲilm/
  • Syllabification: film

Noun

film m inan (related adjective filmòwi)

  1. 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

Masurian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish film.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfilm]
  • Syllabification: film

Noun

film m inan

  1. movie, film, motion picture

Further reading

  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021) “film”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur[7], volume 2, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 212

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English film.

Noun

film m (plural films)

  1. (Jersey) movie, film

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

film m (definite singular filmen, indefinite plural filmer, definite plural filmene)

  1. a film (for taking photographs in a camera)
  2. a film (thin material, layer or coating)
  3. a film, movie (cinematic production)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • filme

Verb

film

  1. imperative of filme

References

  • “film” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

film m (definite singular filmen, indefinite plural filmar, definite plural filmane)

  1. a film (for taking photographs in a camera)
  2. a film (thin material, layer or coating)
  3. 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): /film/
  • Rhymes: -ilm
  • Syllabification: film

Noun

film m inan (diminutive filmik, related adjective filmowy)

  1. film, movie, motion picture (series of pictures creating the illusion of motion)
  2. film (art of creating such a series of pictures)
    Synonyms: dziesiąta muza, kino
  3. film (material on which such a series of pictures are recorded)
  4. (photography) film, photographic film
    Synonyms: błona, klisza, taśma filmowa
  5. (engineering, sciences) film (thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Kashubian: film
  • Masurian: 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

Noun

film m (plural filmes)

  1. Superseded spelling of filme.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French film or German Film, from English film.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /film/
  • Rhymes: -ilm

Noun

film n (plural filme)

  1. 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)

  1. film, movie

Mutation

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English film.

Noun

fȉlm m (Cyrillic spelling фи̏лм)

  1. film (photography)
  2. film (motion picture)

Declension

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Film.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfilm/
  • Rhymes: -ilm
  • Syllabification: film

Noun

film m inan

  1. film, movie, motion picture
  2. (photography) film, photographic film

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • film in silling.org

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from English film.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfiɫm/

Noun

film m inan (genitive singular filmu, nominative plural filmy, genitive plural filmov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. photographic film
  2. 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, 2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English film.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfilm/ [ˈfilm]
  • Rhymes: -ilm
  • Syllabification: film

Noun

film m (plural films)

  1. Alternative spelling of filme (film, motion picture)

Further reading

  • “film”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

film c

  1. film; a thin layer
  2. film; medium used to capture images in a camera
  3. a movie

Declension

Related terms

References

  • film in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French film, from English film.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fil(i)m/

Noun

film (definite accusative filmi, plural filmler)

  1. a medium used to capture images in a camera
  2. a movie
  3. a thin layer

Declension

Derived terms

  1. " streç film" — Light, transparent plastic film used as a wrapping for food etc. —"clingfilm", Saran Wrap (US)

Uzbek

Etymology

From Russian фильм (filʹm), from English film.

Noun

film (plural filmlar)

  1. film, movie, motion picture
    Synonyms: kino, kinofilm, kartina

Declension

Related terms

  • filmoskop
  • filmoteka

Source: wiktionary.org