silent film
A film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogueA film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue.
» Tom and Mary watched a silent film.
Tom und Maria sahen sich einen Stummfilm an. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Том и Мэри смотрели немое кино. — marafon
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1 senses(countable, retronym, uncountable)A film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue.
Stummfilm
немой фильмnemoj filʹm
Examples
3 sentencesTom and Mary watched a silent film.
ruТом и Мэри смотрели немое кино. — marafon
deTom und Maria sahen sich einen Stummfilm an. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Early silent films had stated frame rates anywhere from 16 to 24 frames per second (FPS).
Yowzie is danced to jazz, with funny interactions between couples, and slapstick moves inspired by Tharp’s beloved silent film comedies.
Translations
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Forms
plural: silent films| Singular | silent film |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.