filmy
filmy · filmier · filmiest
Resembling or made of a thin filmResembling or made of a thin film; gauzy.
/ˈfɪlmi/
Meaning
3 sensesResembling or made of a thin film; gauzy.
Covered by (or as if by) a film; hazy.
Filmlike; resembling a motion picture.
More definitions
- so thin as to transmit light
Origin
From film + -y. Cognate with Middle Dutch velmich, vilmich (“filmy, membranous”). DoubletFrom film + -y. Cognate with Middle Dutch velmich, vilmich (“filmy, membranous”). Doublet of filmic.
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Forms
filmier, filmiestSynonyms
10 synonymsClose in meaning
- so thin as to transmit light:diaphanousgauzygauze-likegossamersee-throughsheertransparentvaporous
Word family
4 related wordsRelatedfilm
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form