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φιλμ
film (movie, or photographic film) /film/
nounB2#2443 most common
Also: movie, film reel, footage
Example sentences
Είδα ένα φιλμ χθες το βράδυ.
I watched a film last night.
Το φιλμ ήταν πολύ ωραίο.
The film was very good.
Αγόρασα ένα ασπρόμαυρο φιλμ για τη φωτογραφική μηχανή.
I bought a black-and-white film for the camera.
Ο σκηνοθέτης γύρισε το φιλμ σε τρεις μήνες.
The director shot the film in three months.
Αυτό το φιλμ κέρδισε βραβείο στο φεστιβάλ των Καννών.
This film won an award at the Cannes festival.
Η αναλογική φωτογραφία χρησιμοποιεί φιλμ αντί για ψηφιακό αισθητήρα.
Analog photography uses film instead of a digital sensor.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | το φιλμ | τα φιλμ |
| Genitive | του φιλμ | των φιλμ |
| Accusative | το φιλμ | τα φιλμ |
| Vocative | φιλμ | φιλμ |
Word family
φιλμάκιshort film, video clip
φιλμογραφίαfilmography
γυρίζω φιλμto shoot a film
ταινίαmovie (the standard Greek word, near-synonym)Etymology
Φιλμ is a direct loanword from English "film". The English word traces back to Old English "filmen", meaning membrane or thin skin, a sense that carried over when the word was applied to the thin strip of coated material used to capture photographic images. Greek borrowed the word intact in the 20th century, along with the technology of cinema and photography, and it stayed indeclinable.
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