Meaning

2 senses
  1. The main, full-length film in a cinema program that also included a short film and often a newsreel. As of now, it plays after the trailers.

    Hauptfilm

    полнометра́жный фильмpolnometrážnyj filʹm

    the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater

  2. (broadly)Any film produced to be shown in cinemas before being released for home viewing.

    худо́жественный фильмxudóžestvennyj filʹm, игрово́й фильмigrovój filʹm

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Tom prefers feature films to series.

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  2. She did not want to make short films because she wanted to make proper feature films; she had made up her mind.

    deSie wollte keine Kurzfilme machen, weil sie richtige Spielfilme machen wollte: sie hatte sich entschlossen.

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  3. Werner Herzog makes outstanding documentaries and feature films.

    deWerner Herzog macht herausragende Dokumentar- und Spielfilme.

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  4. They're making a feature film out of Tom's webcomic.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
the main, full-length film in a cinema program:
film shown in cinemas before being released for home viewing:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the main, full-length film in a cinema program:

Forms

plural: feature films
Singularfeature film
Pluralfeature films

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater:feature

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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