telefilm

noun

tele·​film ˈte-li-ˌfilm How to pronounce telefilm (audio)
: a motion picture made to be telecast

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It was later produced in London, Montreal, Copenhagen, Tel Aviv, Los Angeles and other cities and was directed as a 1986 telefilm by Chantal Akerman. Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025 Lifetime in recent years as doubled down on its volume of original telefilms. Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 8 July 2025 That year, the pair also wrote the film Second Thoughts, starring Lucie Arnaz, and the CBS telefilm Your Place … or Mine, featuring Cagney & Lacey’s Tyne Daly. Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 14 June 2025 She executive produced a couple telefilms and created the CBS primetime soap opera 2000 Malibu Road, starring Drew Barrymore. Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 14 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for telefilm

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First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of telefilm was in 1919

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“Telefilm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telefilm. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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