film

English

/fɪlm/, [ˈfɪlm̩]

noun
Definitions
  • A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
  • (photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.
  • A movie.
  • (cinema) Cinema; movies as a group.
  • A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English filme inherited from Old English filmen (membrane, thin skin, foreskin, film) inherited from Proto-Germanic *filminją (membrane, thin skin, skin) derived from Proto-Indo-European *pél-mo- (membrane).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*pél-mo-

Gloss

membrane

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