Main Entry:

¹film

Pronunciation:

\ˈfilm, Southern also ˈfi(ə)m\

Function:

noun

Usage:

often attributive

Etymology:

Middle English filme, from Old English filmen; akin to Greek pelma sole of the foot, Old English fell skin — more at fell

Date:

before 12th century

1 a: a thin skin or membranous covering : pellicle b: an abnormal growth on or in the eye2: a thin covering or coating <a film of ice>3 a: an exceedingly thin layer : lamina b (1): a thin flexible transparent sheet (as of plastic) used especially as a wrapping (2): a thin sheet of cellulose acetate or nitrocellulose coated with a radiation-sensitive emulsion for taking photographs4: motion picture

— film·less \-ləs\ adjective