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film
(fĭlm)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, especially one recorded on film.
b. The presentation of such a work.
c. A long, narrative movie.
d. Movies collectively, especially when considered as an art form.
v. filmed, film·ing, films
v.tr.
1. To cover with or as if with a film.
2. To record on film or video using a movie camera: 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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film
(fɪlm)n
1. (Film)
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. (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. (Pathology) pathol an abnormally opaque tissue, such as the cornea in some eye diseases
vb
8. (Film)
a. to photograph with a cine camera
b. to make a film of (a screenplay, event, etc)
9. (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]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
film
(fɪlm)n.
1. a thin layer or coating.
2. a thin sheet of any material: a film of ice.
3. a thin skin or membrane.
4. a delicate web of filaments or fine threads.
5. a thin haze, blur, or mist.
6. a cellulose nitrate or cellulose acetate composition made in thin sheets or strips and coated with a light-sensitive emulsion for taking photographs or motion pictures.
8. Often, films,
v.t. a. motion pictures collectively.
b. the motion-picture industry, or its productions, operations, etc.
c. motion pictures, as a genre of art or entertainment: experimental film.
9. to cover with a film, thin skin, or pellicle.
10.
v.i. a. to photograph with a motion-picture camera.
b. to reproduce in the form of a motion picture: to film a novel.
11. to become covered by a film.
12. to direct, make, or otherwise engage in the production of motion pictures.
[before 1000; Middle English filme, Old English filmen membrane]
film′like`, adj.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
film
A film consists of moving pictures that have been recorded so that they can be shown at a cinema or on television.
The film is based on a true story.
Do you want to watch a film tonight?
Films are called movies.
His last book was made into a movie.
In Britain, a building where films are shown is usually called a cinema. In the United States, it is called a movie theater, a movie house, or sometimes just a theater when it is clear that it is one for films and not plays.
British people talk about going to the cinema. American speakers talk about going to the movies.
Everyone has gone to the cinema.
Some friends and I were driving home from the movies.
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film
Past participle: filmed
Gerund: filming
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| 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 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 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 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" 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"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 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 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 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 | |
| Verb | 1. | film - make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie" 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" 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" 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.
verb
2. adapt for the screen, make into a film He filmed her life story.
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Translations
غِشاء، طَبقَه رَقيقَه جِداً مِن الغُبارفِلْمفِلْم سينَمائيفِيلْميُصَوِّر فِلْماً أو شَريطاً سينمائِيّاً
filmfilmovatfilmovýnatáčetpokrýt se
filmfilm-filmehindelag
filmo
elokuva
film
filmezhártyásodikkönny: könnybe lábad
filmahylja; òekjastkvikmyndkvikmyndalag; òunn húî, himna
映画
영화
apsitrauktifilmasfilmuotikino žvaigždėlabai plonas
filmafilmas-filmētfotofilmapārklāties
film
filmsnemati
patina
filmfilma
ภาพยนตร์
filmfilm çekmek/almakince tabakakaplanmaksinema filmi
phim
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
the films → el cine
silent film → película f muda
to make a film of [+ book] → llevar al cine, hacer una película de; [+ event] → 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 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
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
film
[ˈfɪlm] n
(mainly British) (= movie) → film m
(= thin layer) [powder, liquid, oil] → pellicule f
(also clingfilm) → film m alimentaire
vt [+ scene, person] → filmer
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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
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
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
film star
n → Filmstar m
film strip
n → Filmstreifen m
film studio
n → Filmstudio nt
film version
n → Verfilmung f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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
a 36 exposure film → un rullino da 36 pose
film buff → appassionato/a di cinema
film camera → macchina da presa
2. vt (scene) → filmare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
film
(film) noun1. (a thin strip of) celluloid made sensitive to light on which photographs are taken. photographic film.
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.
3. a thin skin or covering. a film of dust.
verb1. to make a motion picture (of). They are going to film the race.
2. (usually with over) to cover with a film. Her eyes gradually filmed (over) with tears.
ˈfilmy adjective very light and thin. a dress of filmy material.
ˈfilmstar noun a famous actor or actress in films.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
film
→ فِيلْم film film Film ταινία película elokuva film film film 映画 영화 film film film filme фильм film ภาพยนตร์ film phim 电影Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
film
1. n. película; radiografia;
2. telilla, membrana o capa fina.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
- A color film, please (US)
A colour film, please (UK) - I need a color film for this camera (US)
I need a colour film for this camera (UK) - Could you develop this film, please? (US)
Can you develop this film, please? (UK) - Can I film here?
- Where can we go to see a movie? (US)
Where can we go to see a film? (UK) - Which film is playing at the movie theater? (US)
Which film is on at the cinema? (UK) - When does the movie start? (US)
When does the film start? (UK) - The film has jammed
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
film
n película; (fam, radiograph) radiografía, placa (fam); a thin film..una fina películaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.