film

See also: Film

Contents

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

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.

NounEdit

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) Film or 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.

SynonymsEdit

• (motion picture): movie

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

• file film
• filmic
• filmmaker

• filmmaking
• filmography

• filmology
• filmy

• on film
• war film

TranslationsEdit

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 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

VerbEdit

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.

TranslationsEdit

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)

DescendantsEdit

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

AnagramsEdit

• MILF, milf

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AzerbaijaniEdit

Other scripts
Cyrillic	филм
Roman	film
Perso-Arabic	فیلم‎

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [film]

NounEdit

film (definite accusative filmi, plural filmlər)

1. film (clarification of this definition is needed)

DeclensionEdit

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	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	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	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	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	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	filmlərinin

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English film.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

film m (plural films)

1. film (a movie)

   Synonym: pel·lícula

Related termsEdit

• filmar
• fílmic

Further readingEdit

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

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Crimean TatarEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English film.

NounEdit

film

1. film (clarification of this definition is needed)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of film

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

ReferencesEdit

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

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CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /fɪlm/

• Audio

  (file)

NounEdit

film m inan

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

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

• filmovat
• filmař

Further readingEdit

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

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DanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

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

InflectionEdit

Declension of film

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

Derived termsEdit

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

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -ɪlm

• Audio

  (file)

NounEdit

film m (plural films, diminutive filmpje n)

1. film, movie

Derived termsEdit

• filmproducent
• filmregisseur
• speelfilm
• tekenfilm
• verfilmen

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EstonianEdit

EtymologyEdit

NounEdit

film (genitive filmi, partitive filmi)

1. movie

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

• filmindus
• filmilint
• värvifilm

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English film.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /film/

• audio

  (file)

NounEdit

film m (plural films)

1. movie, film

Derived termsEdit

• filmage
• filmer
• filmique
• filmographie

Further readingEdit

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

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HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English film.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ˈfilm]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: film

NounEdit

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)

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

• filmes
• filmez

Compound words

• akciófilm
• detektívfilm
• dokumentumfilm
• filmfesztivál
• filmgyártás
• filmkritika

• filmművészet
• filmpremier
• filmszínész
• filmsztár
• hangosfilm
• játékfilm

• kisfilm
• némafilm
• pornófilm
• rajzfilm
• werkfilm

ReferencesEdit

Further readingEdit

• film in A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára

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IndonesianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

film

1. film (clarification of this definition is needed)

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ItalianEdit

NounEdit

film m (invariable)

1. film, movie

   Synonym: pellicola

   Guardi dei film? ― Do you watch movies?

Related termsEdit

Terms related to film

• filmabile
• filmare
• filmato

• filmico
• filmina

• filmografia
• filmologia

See alsoEdit

• cinema

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NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English film.

NounEdit

film m (plural films)

1. (Jersey) movie, film

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

NounEdit

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 termsEdit

Terms derived from film

• filmhastighet
• filmkamera

• filmstjerne
• krigsfilm

• skrekkfilm

Related termsEdit

• filme

VerbEdit

film

1. imperative of filme

ReferencesEdit

• “film” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

NounEdit

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 termsEdit

• filmkamera
• filmstjerne
• krigsfilm
• skrekkfilm

ReferencesEdit

• “film” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English film.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /fʲilm/

• Audio

  (file)

NounEdit

film m inan

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

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

Terms derived from film

• filmografia

• filmowiec

• filmowy

Further readingEdit

• film in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French film.

NounEdit

film n (plural filme)

1. movie, film

DeclensionEdit

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-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English film.

NounEdit

fȉlm m (Cyrillic spelling фи̏лм)

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

DeclensionEdit

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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SlovakEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiɫm/

NounEdit

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

1. photographic film
2. movie, motion picture

DeclensionEdit

Declension of film

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

Derived termsEdit

• filmár
• filmovať
• filmový
• filmovo
• filmík

Further readingEdit

• film in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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SpanishEdit

NounEdit

film m (plural films or filmes)

1. Alternative form of filme

Further readingEdit

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

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SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• audio

  (file)

NounEdit

film c

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

DeclensionEdit

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

Related termsEdit

Terms related to film

• 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

ReferencesEdit

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

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TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French film, from English film.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

film (definite accusative filmi, plural filmler)

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

DeclensionEdit

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