film

/fɪlm/

noun A2
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
films

Meaning

  1. película

    • They watched a film last night.

      Vieron una película anoche.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

movie

film is more British and slightly more formal, and also refers to photographic film; movie is more American and everyday — both mean the same thing.

Similar in other languages

German

Kino

Close, figuratively — a film relates to a cinema.

French

pellicule

pellicule is the French word for the same thing — both mean "film, photographic film."

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa film?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: They watched a ___ last night.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a film?

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