silent film

silent film

English

Noun

silent film (countable and uncountable, plural silent films)

1. (cinematography) A film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue.
   • 2009, Neil McDonald, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 104:

     Lewis Stone as the Marquis gives one of the greatest performances in silent film I have ever seen.

Translations

film without sound

Arabic: سِينِمَا صَامِتَة‎ f (sīnimā ṣāmita) Catalan: pel·lícula muda Chinese: Mandarin: 無聲電影, 无声电影 (wúshēng diànyǐng) Czech: němý film m Danish: stumfilm (da) c Dutch: stomme film m Finnish: mykkäelokuva (fi) French: film muet (fr) m German: Stummfilm (de) m

Hungarian: némafilm (hu) Irish: scannán tostach m Japanese: サイレント映画 (sairento-eiga) Malay: filem bisu Portuguese: filme mudo m Russian: немо́е кино́ n (nemóje kinó) Spanish: cine mudo m Swedish: stumfilm (sv) c Turkish: sessiz film (tr)