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 eye
2 : 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 photographs
4 : motion picture

— film·less \-ləs\ adjective