Kilo Lingo

/fɪlm/

Line drawing of film
Coloured illustration of film
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Translation

A story told in moving pictures. It is the usual British word for a movie.

Word origin

From Old English filmen, a thin skin. The picture sense came from the thin strip that carries the images.

Origin
Old English
Root
filmen

Examples

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"Film" and "movie" mean the same thing.

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A "film" has a length in hours and minutes.

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Here "film" is a verb, meaning to make moving pictures of something.

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