silent film

English

Noun

silent film (countable and uncountable, plural silent films)

1. (cinematography, retronym) A film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue.

   Synonym: (contemporary) photoplay

   • 2009, Neil McDonald, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 104:

     Lewis Stone as the Marquis gives one of the greatest performances in silent film I have ever seen.

Translations

film without sound

• Arabic: سِينِمَا صَامِتَة f (sīnimā ṣāmita)
• Catalan: pel·lícula muda
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無聲電影／无声电影 (wúshēng diànyǐng)

• Czech: němý film m
• Danish: stumfilm (da) c
• Dutch: stomme film m
• Finnish: mykkäelokuva (fi)
• French: film muet (fr) m
• German: Stummfilm (de) m
• Greek: βωβός κινηματογράφος (el) m (vovós kinimatográfos)
• Hungarian: némafilm (hu)
• Irish: scannán tostach m
• Japanese: サイレント映画 (sairento-eiga)
• Malay: filem bisu
• Polish: film niemy (pl) m
• Portuguese: filme mudo m
• Romanian: film mut (ro) n
• Russian: немой фильм m (nemoj filʹm)
• Spanish: cine mudo m
• Swedish: stumfilm (sv) c
• Turkish: sessiz film (tr)