film.
film, movie, motion picture (series of pictures creating the illusion of motion)
Meaning & usage
film, movie, motion picture (series of pictures creating the illusion of motion)
film (art of creating such a series of pictures)
film (material on which such a series of pictures are recorded)
film, photographic film
film (thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pel-der. Proto-Germanic *felma- Proto-Germanic *filmīn- Old English filmen Middle English filme English filmbor. Polish film Borrowed from English film. First attested in the 19th century.
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