telefilm

noun

tele·​film ˈte-li-ˌfilm 

dated

: a made-for-television movie : a feature-length film intended to be telecast

Examples of telefilm in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the 1970s, Pettet starred in lots of telefilms, in the horror films Welcome to Arrow Beach (1974) and The Evil (1978) and on the NBC miniseries Captains and the Kings (1976). — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2026

The following year, Causey earned a Primetime Emmy nom alongside three other member of the sound team for the NBC telefilm Fire on the Mountain, starring Buddy Ebsen and Ron Howard. — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 13 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for telefilm

• biofilm
• microfilm
• film