n.
Pronunciation: ' film, Southern also ' fi( ə )m
Function: noun
Usage: often attrib
Etymology: Middle English filme, from Old English filmen; akin to Greek pelma sole of the foot, Old English fell skin ― more at FELL
Date: before 12th century
1 a : a thin skin or membranous covering : PELLICLE b : an abnormal growth on or in the eye
2 : a thin covering or coating <a film of ice>
3 a : an exceedingly thin layer : LAMINA b (1) : a thin flexible transparent sheet (as of plastic) used especially as a wrapping (2) : a thin sheet of cellulose acetate or nitrocellulose coated with a radiation-sensitive emulsion for taking photographs
4 : MOTION PICTURE
– film · less \ -l ə s \ adjective