filme

Portuguese

/ˈfiɫ.mɨ/, /ˈfiw.mi/, /ˈfiw.me/

noun
Definitions
  • film; movie; motion picture
  • plastic film thin layer of plastic used to wrap objects, usually food
  • (photography) film
  • (colloquial) drama a dramatic situation

Etymology

Borrowed from English film derived from Middle English filme derived from Old English filmen (membrane, thin skin, foreskin, film) derived from Proto-Germanic *filminją (membrane, thin skin, skin) derived from Proto-Indo-European *pel(w)-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*pel(w)-

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