movie

English

Etymology

From moving (picture) +‎ -ie. Attested since at least 1912 (if not 1908)[1], originally American English.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmuːvi/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -uːvi

A screenshot of a black-and-white movie

Noun

movie (plural movies)

(chiefly Canada, US, Australia) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion.
(usually plural, chiefly Canada, US) A cinema.
Let's go to the movies.

Synonyms

(film): film, flick, motion picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, photoplay, picture show (picture)

Hyponyms

(film): art film, documentary, feature film (feature), short film (short), silent film, talking picture (talkie)

Derived terms

action movie
adult movie
B-movie
have seen this movie
home movie
horror movie
movie camera
movieholic
moviehouse
movieland
movie star
movie theater
movieverse
popcorn movie
slasher movie
tentpole movie
war movie

Descendants

→ Bengali: মুভী (mubhī), মুভি (mubhi)
→ Japanese: ムービー (mūbī)
→ Korean: 무비 (mubi)
→ Thai: มูฟวี่ (mupwi)

Translations

motion picture

Afrikaans: fliek (af), rolprent (af)
Albanian: film (sq) m
Ambonese Malay: film
Amharic: ፊልም (film), ተላዋሽ (tälawaš), ሲኒማ (sinima)
Arabic: فِلْم‎ m (film), شَرِيط‎ m (šarīṭ), فِيلْم سِيْنَمَائِيّ‎ m (fīlm siynamāʾiyy)
Egyptian Arabic: فيلم‎ m (felm)
North Levantine Arabic: فيلم‎ (fīlm)
Armenian: ֆիլմ (hy) (film), կինոնկար (hy) (kinonkar), կինո (hy) (kino)
Assamese: চলচ্চিত্ৰ (solossitro)
Azerbaijani: film (az), kino (az), kinofilm
Bavarian: Fülm
Belarusian: фільм m (filʹm), кіно́ (be) n (kinó), кінафі́льм m (kinafílʹm)
Bengali: মুভি (bn) (mubhi), মুভী (bn) (mubhī), ফিল্ম (bn) (philmô), সিনেমা (sinema), চলচ্চিত্র (bn) (côlôccit‌ôrô)
Bouyei: dianqyinj
Breton: film (br) m
Bulgarian: филм (bg) m (film), ки́но (bg) n (kíno), ки́нофи́лм m (kínofílm)
Burmese: ဇာတ်ကား (my) (jatka:), ဘိုင်စကုတ် (my) (bhuingca.kut), ရုပ်ရှင် (my) (ruphrang)
Catalan: pel·lícula (ca) f, film (ca) m
Cherokee: ᎤᎾᏛᏁᎶᏗ (unadvnelodi)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 電影, 电影 (din⁶ jing²)
Dungan: дянйин (di͡anyin)
Gan: 電影, 电影 (dien⁵ 'in³)
Hakka: 電影, 电影 (thien-yáng)
Jin: 電影, 电影 (die³ ing²)
Mandarin: 電影／电影 (zh) (diànyǐng), 影片 (zh) (yǐngpiàn)
Min Dong: 電影, 电影 (diêng-īng)
Min Nan: 電影 (zh-min-nan), 电影 (tiān-iáⁿ)
Wu: 電影, 电影 (di in)
Xiang: 電影戲, 电影戏 (dienn⁴ in³ xi⁴), 電影, 电影 (dienn⁴ in³)
Czech: film (cs) m, kino (cs) n
Danish: film (da) c
Dutch: film (nl) m
Elfdalian: film m
Erzya: эрянеявкс (erjanejavks), эрямарт (erjamart)
Esperanto: filmo
Estonian: film (et), kinofilm
Faroese: filmur m
Finnish: elokuva (fi)
French: film (fr) m, œuvre cinématographique (fr) f
Galician: filme (gl) m
Georgian: ფილმი (pilmi), კინოფილმი (ḳinopilmi), კინოსურათი (ḳinosurati), კინო (ḳino)
German: Film (de) m, Spielfilm (de) m
Greek: ταινία (el) f (tainía) (film, abbreviation of cinematographic film), έργο (el) n (érgo) (work, abbreviation of cinematographic work), φιλμ (el) n (film)
Greenlandic: filmi
Gujarati: ચિત્રપટ (citrapaṭ), ચલચિત્ર (calcitra), ફિલ્મ (philma), સિનેમા (sinemā)
Haitian Creole: fim
Hausa: sinima
Hebrew: סֶרֶט‎ (he) m (séret)
Hindi: पिक्चर (hi) f (pikcar), फ़िल्म (hi) f (film), मूवी f (mūvī), सिनेमा (hi) m (sinemā), चलचित्र (hi) m (calcitra), चित्रपट (hi) m (citrapaṭ)
Hungarian: film (hu), (dated) mozgókép
Icelandic: bíómynd (is) f, mynd (is) f, kvikmynd (is) f
Ido: filmo (io), cinematografuro (io)
Indonesian: film (id)
Irish: scannán m
Italian: film (it) m, pellicola (it) f
Japanese: 映画 (ja) (えいが, eiga)
Kannada: ಸಿನಮಾ (sinamā), ಓಡುತಿಟ್ಟ (kn) (ōḍutiṭṭa), ಚಲಚಿತ್ರ (calacitra)
Kazakh: фильм (kk) (film), кино (kk) (kino), кинокартина (kinokartina)
Khmer: កុន (km) (kon), ភាពយន្ត (km) (phiəpyŭən), ហ្វីល (fiil)
Korean: 영화(映畫) (ko) (yeonghwa)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: fîlm (ku), sînema (ku)
Kyrgyz: фильм (ky) (filʹm), кино (ky) (kino), тасма (ky) (tasma)
Ladino: filmo
Lao: ຟີມ (fīm), ຫນັງ (nang), ຊິເນມາ (si nē mā), ຮູບເງົາ (hūp ngao), ພາບພະຍົນ (phāp pha nyon)
Latin: pictura cinematographica f, pellicula (la) f
Latvian: filma f, kinofilma f
Lithuanian: filmas m, kinas (lt) m
Lombard: film (lmo) m, pellícola f (obsolete)
Lü: ᦶᦎᧃᧈᦍᦲᧃ (ṫaen¹yiin) (China), ᦐᧂ (ṅang) (Thailand)
Macedonian: филм m (film)
Malay: wayang (ms), filem (ms)
Malayalam: ചലച്ചിത്രം (ml) (calaccitraṃ), സിനിമ (ml) (sinima), ഫിലിം (filiṃ)
Marathi: चलचित्र (calcitra), चित्रपट (mr) m (citrapaṭ), सिनेमा (sinemā)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: кино (mn) (kino), фильм (filʹm)
Nepali: चलचित्र (ne) (calacitra)
Newar: संकिपा (saṃkipā)
Northern Sami: filbma
Norwegian:
Bokmål: film (no) m
Nynorsk: film m
Oriya: ଚଳଚ୍ଚିତ୍ର (côḷôccitrô), ସିନେମା (sinema)
Pashto: پلم‎ m (pilm, pilëm), خوځنده انځور‎ m (xwëźënda anźor)
Persian: فیلم‎ (fa) (film), سینما‎ (fa) (sinemâ)
Polish: film (pl) m, kino (pl) n
Portuguese: filme (pt) m
Punjabi: ਫਿਲਮ (philam), ਸਿਨੇਮਾ (pa) (sinemā)
Romanian: film (ro) n
Romansch: film m
Russian: фильм (ru) m (filʹm), кинофи́льм (ru) m (kinofílʹm), кинокарти́на (ru) f (kinokartína), карти́на (ru) f (kartína)
Rusyn: фільм m (filʹm)
Sanskrit: चलच्चित्रम् n (calaccitram)
Scottish Gaelic: film m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: фи̏лм m
Roman: fȉlm (sh) m
Skolt Sami: fiˊlmm
Slovak: film (sk) m
Slovene: film (sl) m
Sotho: fileme
Spanish: película (es) f, filme (es) m
Swahili: filamu (sw)
Swedish: film (sv) c
Tagalog: sine, pelikula
Tai Nüa: ᥖᥦᥢᥱᥕᥤᥢᥰ (tǎenyïn)
Tajik: кино (tg) (kino), филм (tg) (film), синамо (sinamo)
Tamil: திரைப்படம் (ta) (tiraippaṭam), படம் (ta) (paṭam), சினிமா (ta) (ciṉimā)
Tatar: фильм (fil’m), кино (kino)
Telugu: సినిమా (te) (sinimā), సైన్మ (sainma) (Telangana), సీన్మ (sīnma) (Telangana), చిత్రము (te) (citramu) (formal, literary), చలనచిత్రము (te) (calanacitramu) (extremely formal, rare)
Thai: ฟิล์ม (th) (fim), ภาพยนตร์ (th) (pâap-pá-yon), หนัง (th) (nǎng)
Tibetan: གློག་བརྙན (glog brnyan)
Tigrinya: ፊልም (film), ሲነማ (sinäma), ቺነማ (činäma)
Turkish: film (tr)
Turkmen: kinofilm, film, kino
Tuvan: кино (kino)
Ukrainian: фільм m (filʹm), кіно́ (uk) n (kinó), кінофі́льм m (kinofílʹm), стрі́чка f (stríčka)
Urdu: فلم‎ f (film), سنیما‎ m (sinemā), چلچتر‎ m (calcitra)
Uyghur: فىلىم‎ (filim), كىنو‎ (kino)
Uzbek: kino (uz), film (uz), kinofilm (uz)
Vietnamese: phim (vi), điện ảnh (vi) (電影)
Volapük: biomagodem (collective), däsinotabioskop (cartoon)
Welsh: ffilm (cy) f
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Yakut: киинэ (kiine)
Yiddish: פֿילם‎ m (film)
Yoruba: fiimu
Zhuang: denyingj

cinema — see cinema

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “movie”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

Vimeo

[1] Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “movie”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.