film
A thin layer of some substanceA thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
» I found this film very interesting.
Этот фильм показался мне очень интересным.
Цей фільм мені здався дуже цікавим.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
a clear plastic film for wrapping food
Film
плёнкаpljónka
плі́вкаplívka
a thin coating or layer
(countable, uncountable)A medium used to capture images in a camera.
Film
плёнкаpljónka, фотоплёнкаfotopljónka, киноплёнкаkinopljónka
плі́вкаplívka, кіноплі́вкаkinoplívka
(countable)The sequence of still images itself, which produces a moving image when played; a movie.
(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.
a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
(countable, uncountable)A professionally made movie of a substantial narrative work, around 1 to 3 hours long; a feature film; a cinematic movie.
(countable, uncountable)A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.
Examples
1592 sentencesI found this film very interesting.
Цей фільм мені здався дуже цікавим.
ruЭтот фильм показался мне очень интересным.
There's no film in this camera.
У цій камері немає плівки.
ruВ этом фотоаппарате нет плёнки.
deIn dieser Kamera ist kein Film.
This camera isn't loaded with film.
У цьому фотоапараті немає плівки.
deDiese Kamera enthält keinen Film.
I'm going to see a horror film.
Я збираюся подивитися фільм жахів.
ruЯ собираюсь посмотреть фильм ужасов.
deIch habe vor, mir einen Horrorfilm anzuschauen.
There isn't any film in this camera.
У цьому фотоапараті немає плівки.
ruВ этом фотоаппарате нет никакой плёнки.
deIn dieser Kamera ist kein Film.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English filme, from Old English filmen (“film, membrane, thin skin, foreskin”)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.
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Forms
plural: filmsSynonyms
13 synonyms- photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies:photographic film
- a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things:plastic film
- a medium that disseminates moving pictures:cinemacelluloid
- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement:moviepicturemoving picturemoving-picture showmotion picturemotion-picture showpicture showpic
Word family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable