film

See also: Film

Contents

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪlm/
  • Rhymes: -ɪlm
• (North East England, Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪləm/

Etymology

From Middle English filme, from Old English filmen (“film, membrane, thin skin, foreskin”), from Proto-Germanic *filminją (“thin skin, membrane”) (compare Proto-Germanic *felma- (“skin, hide”)), from Proto-Indo-European *pélno-mo (“membrane”), from *pel- (“to cover, skin”). Cognate with Old Frisian filmene (“thin skin, human skin”), Dutch vel (“sheet, skin”), German Fell (“skin, hide, fur”), Swedish fjäll (“fur blanket, cloth, scale”), Norwegian fille (“rag, cloth”), Lithuanian plėvē (“membrane, scab”), Russian плева́ (plevá, “membrane”), Ancient Greek πέλμα (pélma, “sole of the foot”). More at fell. Sense of a thin coat of something is 1577, extended by 1845 to the coating of chemical gel on photographic plates. By 1895 this also meant the coating plus the paper or celluloid.

Noun

film (countable and uncountable, plural films)

1. A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.

   a clear plastic film for wrapping food

   • Alexander Pope

     He from thick films shall purge the visual ray.

2. (photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.
3. A movie.
4. (film, uncountable) Cinema; movies as a group.
5. A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare

     Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film.

Synonyms

• (motion picture): movie

Derived terms

• file film
• filmic
• filmmaker
• filmmaking
• filmography
• filmology
• filmy
• on film
• war film

 

Translations

thin layer

• Armenian: թաղանթ (hy) (tʿałantʿ)
• Belarusian: плёнка (pljónka)
• Bulgarian: слой (bg) m (sloj)
• Catalan: pel·lícula (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薄膜 (zh) (bómó)

• Danish: film (da) c
• Dutch: laagje (nl) n, film (nl) m, f
• Finnish: kalvo (fi)
• French: pellicule (fr) f
• German: Film (de) m
• Greek: υμένιο n (yménio), μεμβράνη (el) f (memvráni)
• Hebrew: כְּרוּם‎ (he) m (k'rúm)
• Hungarian: hártya (hu)
• Icelandic: skán f
• Irish: scannán m
• Italian: film (it) m, pellicola (it) f
• Japanese: 膜 (ja) (まく, maku)
• Malay: selaput

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: film (no) m

  Nynorsk: film m

• Old English: film (ang) m
• Polish: warstwa (pl) f
• Portuguese: película (pt) f, filme (pt) (of plastic)
• Russian: плёнка (ru) f (pljónka)
• Scottish Gaelic: sgàile f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ко̏жица f, о̀пна f, па̏тина f, пре̏влака f

  Roman: kȍžica (sh), òpna (sh) f, pȁtina (sh) f, prȅvlaka (sh) f

• Spanish: película (es) f
• Swedish: film (sv) c
• Tagalog: panginag
• Thai: ฟิล์ม (th) (fiim)
• Ukrainian: плі́вка (uk) f (plívka)
• Vietnamese: màng mỏng, màng (vi)
• Westrobothnian: snark m

photographic film

• Afrikaans: film (af)
• Armenian: ժապավեն (hy) (žapaven)
• Belarusian: плёнка f (pljónka)
• Bulgarian: филм (bg) m (film), ле́нта (bg) f (lénta)
• Catalan: pel·lícula (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 菲林 (fei¹ lam^4-2)

  Mandarin: 膠卷 (zh), 胶卷 (zh) (jiāojuǎn), 膠帶 (zh), 胶带 (zh) (jiāodài), 片子 (zh) (piānzi) (film reel), 膠片 (zh), 胶片 (zh) (jiāopiàn)

• Czech: film (cs) m
• Danish: film (da) c
• Dutch: film (nl) m
• Finnish: filmi (fi)
• French: pellicule (fr) f
• German: Film (de) m
• Greek: φιλμ (el) n (film)
• Hebrew: סֶרֶט‎ (he) m (séret), פילם‎ m (film)
• Hindi: फ़िल्म (hi) f (film)
• Hungarian: film (hu)
• Ido: filmo (io)
• Irish: scannán m
• Italian: film (it) m, pellicola (it) f
• Japanese: フィルム (firumu)
• Javanese: filem

• Khmer: ហ្វីល (fiil), ហ្វ៊ីល (fiil)
• Korean: 필름 (ko) (pilleum)
• Malay: filem
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: film (no) m

  Nynorsk: film m

• Persian: فیلم‎ (fa) (film)
• Polish: film (pl) m, klisza (pl) f
• Portuguese: filme (pt) m
• Russian: плёнка (ru) f (pljónka), фотоплёнка (ru) f (fotopljónka) (photo film), киноплёнка (ru) f (kinopljónka) (cinefilm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: фи̏лм m

  Roman: fȉlm (sh) m

• Slovak: film (sk) m
• Sotho: fileme
• Spanish: película (es) f
• Swedish: film (sv) c
• Thai: ฟิล์ม (th) (fiim)
• Turkmen: pleýonka
• Ukrainian: плі́вка (uk) f (plívka), кіноплі́вка f (kinoplívka)
• Uzbek: plyonka (uz)
• Welsh: ffilm (cy) f

motion picture — see movie

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Gujarati: ^{(please verify)} ચિત્રપટ (citrapaṭ), ^{(please verify)} ચિત્રપટ પટ્ટી (citrapaṭ paṭṭī) (photographic film)

• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} filmas m, ^{(please verify)} kinas (lt) m

Verb

film (third-person singular simple present films, present participle filming, simple past and past participle filmed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film.

   A Hollywood studio was filming on location in NYC.

   I tried to film the UFO as it passed overhead.

2. (transitive) To cover or become covered with a thin skin or pellicle.
   • 1603, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III, scene 4, lines 146:

     It will but skin and film the ulcerous place.

   • 2012, Nathan Archer, Valhalla

     Her legs folded under her, and her eyes filmed over.

Translations

to record a motion picture

• Armenian: նկարահանել (hy) (nkarahanel)
• Asturian: filmar, grabar
• Bulgarian: заснемам филм (zasnemam film)
• Catalan: filmar (ca)
• Danish: filme (da)
• Finnish: filmata (fi), elokuvata
• French: filmer (fr), tourner (fr)
• Galician: filmar (gl), rodar
• German: filmen (de), drehen (de)
• Greek: κινηματογραφώ (el) (kinimatografó)
• Gujarati: ચિત્રપટ પટ્ટી પળ ચિત્રપટ ઉતારવું (citrapaṭ paṭṭī paḷ citrapaṭ utārvũ)
• Hebrew: הִסְרִיט‎ (hisrít)
• Hungarian: filmez (hu)

• Ido: filmregistrar
• Irish: scannánaigh
• Italian: girare un film, filmare (it)
• Lithuanian: filmuoti
• Norman: filmer (Jersey)
• Portuguese: filmar (pt)
• Russian: снима́ть (ru) impf (snimátʹ), снять (ru) impf (snjatʹ)
• Slovak: filmovať
• Spanish: filmar (es), rodar (es), cinematografiar (es)
• Swedish: filma (sv)
• Thai: ถ่ายภาพยนตร์
• Turkish: film çekmek (tr)
• Vietnamese: ghi hình, quay phim (vi)

Descendants

• Arabic: فِلْم‎ (film)
• Japanese: フィルム (firumu)
• Lao: ຟີມ (fīm)
• Thai: ฟิล์ม (fiim)

Anagrams

• MILF, milf

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch film.

Noun

film (plural films)

1. film

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic	филм
Roman	film
Perso-Arabic	فیلم‎

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [film]

Noun

film (definite accusative filmi, plural filmlər)

1. film (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension

Declension of film

	singular	plural
nominative	film	filmlər
definite accusative	filmi	filmləri
dative	filmə	filmlərə
locative	filmdə	filmlərdə
ablative	filmdən	filmlərdən
definite genitive	filmin	filmlərin

Possessive forms of film

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	filmim	filmlərim
sənin (“your”)	filmin	filmlərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	filmi	filmləri
bizim (“our”)	filmimiz	filmlərimiz
sizin (“your”)	filminiz	filmləriniz
onların (“their”)	filmi or filmləri	filmləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	filmimi	filmlərimi
sənin (“your”)	filmini	filmlərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	filmini	filmlərini
bizim (“our”)	filmimizi	filmlərimizi
sizin (“your”)	filminizi	filmlərinizi
onların (“their”)	filmini or filmlərini	filmlərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	filmimə	filmlərimə
sənin (“your”)	filminə	filmlərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	filminə	filmlərinə
bizim (“our”)	filmimizə	filmlərimizə
sizin (“your”)	filminizə	filmlərinizə
onların (“their”)	filminə or filmlərinə	filmlərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	filmimdə	filmlərimdə
sənin (“your”)	filmində	filmlərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	filmində	filmlərində
bizim (“our”)	filmimizdə	filmlərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	filminizdə	filmlərinizdə
onların (“their”)	filmində or filmlərində	filmlərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	filmimdən	filmlərimdən
sənin (“your”)	filmindən	filmlərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	filmindən	filmlərindən
bizim (“our”)	filmimizdən	filmlərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	filminizdən	filmlərinizdən
onların (“their”)	filmindən or filmlərindən	filmlərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	filmimin	filmlərimin
sənin (“your”)	filminin	filmlərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	filminin	filmlərinin
bizim (“our”)	filmimizin	filmlərimizin
sizin (“your”)	filminizin	filmlərinizin
onların (“their”)	filminin or filmlərinin	filmlərinin

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English film.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfilm/

Noun

film m (plural films)

1. film (a movie)

   Synonym: pel·lícula

Related terms

• filmar
• fílmic

Further reading

• “film” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from English film.

Noun

film

1. film (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension

Declension of film

nominative	film
genitive	filmniñ
dative	filmge
accusative	filmni
locative	filmde
ablative	filmden

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪlm/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

film m inan

1. (photography) film
2. movie, film, motion picture

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	film	filmy
genitive	filmu	filmů
dative	filmu	filmům
accusative	film	filmy
vocative	filme	filmy
locative	filmu	filmech
instrumental	filmem	filmy

Derived terms

• filmovat
• filmař

Further reading

• film in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• film in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /film/, [ˈfilm]
• Rhymes: -ilm

Noun

film c (singular definite filmen, plural indefinite film)

1. a movie, a film, motion picture
2. film; a thin layer
3. plural indefinite of film

Inflection

Declension of film

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	film	filmen	film	filmene
genitive	films	filmens	films	filmenes

Derived terms

• filme
  • filmning
• filmfotograf
• filmhold
• filmproduktion
• filmskole

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪlm/, /ˈfɪləm/
• Rhymes: -ɪlm, -ɪləm

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

film m (plural films, diminutive filmpje n)

1. film, movie

Derived terms

• filmproducent
• filmregisseur
• speelfilm
• tekenfilm
• verfilmen

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Estonian

Etymology

Noun

film (genitive filmi, partitive filmi)

1. movie

Declension

Declension of film (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	film	filmid
genitive	filmi	filmide
partitive	filmi	filme / filmisid
illative	filmi / filmisse	filmidesse
inessive	filmis	filmides
elative	filmist	filmidest
allative	filmile	filmidele
adessive	filmil	filmidel
ablative	filmilt	filmidelt
translative	filmiks	filmideks
terminative	filmini	filmideni
essive	filmina	filmidena
abessive	filmita	filmideta
comitative	filmiga	filmidega

Derived terms

• filmindus
• filmilint
• värvifilm

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English film.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /film/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

film m (plural films)

1. movie, film

Derived terms

• filmage
• filmer
• filmique
• filmographie

Further reading

• “film” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English film.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfilm]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: film

Noun

film (plural filmek)

1. (photography) film (a medium used to capture images in a camera)
2. film, movie, motion picture, picture (a recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion)
3. film, cinematic art, cinema, cinematography (the art of making films and movies)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	film	filmek
accusative	filmet	filmeket
dative	filmnek	filmeknek
instrumental	filmmel	filmekkel
causal-final	filmért	filmekért
translative	filmmé	filmekké
terminative	filmig	filmekig
essive-formal	filmként	filmekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	filmben	filmekben
superessive	filmen	filmeken
adessive	filmnél	filmeknél
illative	filmbe	filmekbe
sublative	filmre	filmekre
allative	filmhez	filmekhez
elative	filmből	filmekből
delative	filmről	filmekről
ablative	filmtől	filmektől

Possessive forms of film
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	filmem	filmjeim
2nd person sing.	filmed	filmjeid
3rd person sing.	filmje	filmjei
1st person plural	filmünk	filmjeink
2nd person plural	filmetek	filmjeitek
3rd person plural	filmjük	filmjeik

Derived terms

• filmes
• filmez

Compound words

• akciófilm
• detektívfilm
• dokumentumfilm
• filmfesztivál
• filmgyártás
• filmkazetta
• filmkritika
• filmművészet
• filmpremier
• filmszínész
• filmsztár
• hangosfilm
• játékfilm
• kisfilm
• mikrofilm
• némafilm
• pornófilm
• rajzfilm
• rollfilm
• síkfilm
• werkfilm

 

References

Further reading

• film in A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Betawi) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪl(ə)m/, /ˈpeləm/

Noun

film (plural film-film, first-person possessive filmku, second-person possessive filmmu, third-person possessive filmnya)

1. film (clarification of this definition is needed)

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Italian

Noun

film m (invariable)

1. film, movie

   Synonym: pellicola

   Guardi dei film? ― Do you watch movies?

Related terms

• filmabile
• filmare
• filmato
• filmico
• filmina
• filmografia
• filmologia

 

See also

• cinema

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English film.

Noun

film m (plural films)

1. (Jersey) movie, film

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

film m (definite singular filmen, indefinite plural filmer, definite plural filmene)

1. a film (for taking photographs in a camera)
2. a film (thin material, layer or coating)
3. a film, movie (cinematic production)

Derived terms

Terms derived from film

• filmhastighet
• filmkamera

• filmmaker
• filmstjerne

• krigsfilm
• skrekkfilm

Related terms

• filme

Verb

film

1. imperative of filme

References

• “film” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

film m (definite singular filmen, indefinite plural filmar, definite plural filmane)

1. a film (for taking photographs in a camera)
2. a film (thin material, layer or coating)
3. a film, movie (cinematic production)

Derived terms

• filmkamera
• filmstjerne
• krigsfilm
• skrekkfilm

References

• “film” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English film.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲilm/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

film m inan

1. film, movie, motion picture
2. film (medium used to capture images in a camera)

Declension

declension of film

	singular	plural
nominative	film	filmy
genitive	filmu	filmów
dative	filmowi	filmom
accusative	film	filmy
instrumental	filmem	filmami
locative	filmie	filmach
vocative	filmie	filmy

Derived terms

• filmografia
• filmowiec
• filmowy

 

Further reading

• film in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French film.

Noun

film n (plural filme)

1. movie, film

Declension

declension of film

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) film	filmul	(niște) filme	filmele
genitive/dative	(unui) film	filmului	(unor) filme	filmelor
vocative	filmule		filmelor

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English film.

Noun

fȉlm m (Cyrillic spelling фи̏лм)

1. film (photography)
2. film (motion picture)

Declension

Declension of film

	singular	plural
nominative	film	filmovi
genitive	filma	filmova
dative	filmu	filmovima
accusative	film	filmove
vocative	filme	filmovi
locative	filmu	filmovima
instrumental	filmom	filmovima

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiɫm/

Noun

film m (genitive singular filmu, nominative plural filmy, genitive plural filmov, declension pattern of dub)

1. photographic film
2. movie, motion picture

Declension

Declension of film

	singular	plural
nominative	film	filmy
genitive	filmu	filmov
dative	filmu	filmom
accusative	film	filmy
locative	filme	filmoch
instrumental	filmom	filmami

Derived terms

• filmár
• filmovať
• filmový
• filmovo
• filmík

Further reading

• film in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Spanish

Noun

film m (plural films or filmes)

1. Alternative form of filme

Further reading

• “film” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Noun

film c

1. film; a thin layer
2. film; medium used to capture images in a camera
3. a movie

Declension

Declension of film
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	film	filmen	filmer	filmerna
Genitive	films	filmens	filmers	filmernas

Related terms

• barnfilm
• dokumentärfilm
• filma
• filmaffisch
• filmarbetare
• filmare
• filmarkiv
• filmateljé
• filmatisera
• filmatisering
• filmatisk
• filmbearbetning
• filmbild
• filmbolag
• filmbranschen
• filmcensur
• filmdebut
• filmduk
• filmepisod
• filmfars
• filmfestival
• filmfotograf
• filmföreställning
• filmförevisning
• filmgala
• filmhistoria
• filmhistorisk
• filmhjälte
• filmidol
• filmindustri
• filminspelning
• filmintresse
• filmintresserad
• filmisk
• filmkamera
• filmkanal
• filmkarriär
• filmkassett
• filmklipp
• filmklubb
• filmkomedi
• filmkomiker
• filmkonst
• filmkontrakt
• filmkritik
• filmkritiker
• filmkrönika
• filmkunskap
• filmkännare
• filmmakare
• filmmanus
• filmmanuskript
• filmmogul
• filmmusik
• filmning
• filmografi
• filmotek
• filmpolitik
• filmpolitiker
• filmpolitisk
• filmpremiär
• filmpris
• filmproducent
• filmproduktion
• filmprojekt
• filmprojektor
• filmrecensent
• filmrecension
• filmregi
• filmregissör
• filmremsa
• filmroll
• filmrulle
• filmrättigheter
• filmsal
• filmsamling
• filmsammanhang
• filmscen
• filmsekvens
• filmskapare
• filmskådespelare
• filmskådespelerska
• filmskådis
• filmsnutt
• filmstjärna
• filmstjärneleende
• filmstudio
• filmsuccé
• filmsvit
• filmsynopsis
• filmteam
• filmteknik
• filmterm
• filmtitel
• filmupptagning
• filmvamp
• filmversion
• filmvetenskap
• filmvisning
• filmvärld
• filmvåld
• filmälskare
• färgfilm
• kortfilm
• långfilm
• oljefilm
• spelfilm
• stumfilm

 

References

• film in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French film, from English film.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /film/
• IPA^(key): /filim/ (colloquial)

Noun

film (definite accusative filmi, plural filmler)

1. a medium used to capture images in a camera
2. a movie

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	film
Definite accusative	filmi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	film	filmler
Definite accusative	filmi	filmleri
Dative	filme	filmlere
Locative	filmde	filmlerde
Ablative	filmden	filmlerden
Genitive	filmin	filmlerin
Possessive forms Singular Plural 1st singular filmim filmlerim 2nd singular filmin filmlerin 3rd singular filmi filmleri 1st plural filmimiz filmlerimiz 2nd plural filminiz filmleriniz 3rd plural filmleri filmleri

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French film, from English film.

Noun

film m (indefinite plural filma, definite singular filmi, definite plural filmat)

1. film
2. movie

Declension

declension of film

	indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara)			definite forms (trajta të shquara)
	singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)		singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)
nominative (emërore)	film	filme		filmi	filmet
accusative (kallëzore)	film	filme		filmin	filmet
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së)	filmi	filmeve		filmit	filmeve
dative (dhanore)	filmi	filmeve		filmit	filmeve
ablative (rrjedhore)	filmi	filmesh		filmit	filmeve