pellicula
See also: pel·lícula
Latin
Etymology
From pellis (“skin, hide”) + -cula (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pelˈli.ku.la/, [pɛlˈlʲɪkʊɫ̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pelˈli.ku.la/, [pelˈliːkulä]
Noun
pellicula f (genitive pelliculae); first declension
- Diminutive of pellis (“skin, hide”)
- (New Latin) movie, film, video
- Synonym: (New Latin) taeniola
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pellicula | pelliculae |
| Genitive | pelliculae | pelliculārum |
| Dative | pelliculae | pelliculīs |
| Accusative | pelliculam | pelliculās |
| Ablative | pelliculā | pelliculīs |
| Vocative | pellicula | pelliculae |
Descendants
- Asturian: pelleya, pelleyu
- Catalan: pel·lícula
- English: pellicle
- French: pellicule
- Galician: pelella, película
- Italian: pellicola
- Portuguese: película
- Romanian: peliculă
- Spanish: pelleja, película
References
- “pellicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pellicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pellicula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- pellicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette