documentary

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˌdɒk.jəˈmɛn.tɹi/, /ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tɹi/
• (America) IPA: /ˌdɑ.kjəˈmɛn.(tɚ.)ɹi/, /ˌdɑ.kjʊˈmɛn.tɚ.ɹi/

Adjective

documentary (not comparable)

1. Of, related to, or based on documents.
2. Which serves to document (record and:or illustrate) a subject.
3. (of a film, book etc) Presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter.

Translations

• French: documentaire
• Portuguese: documental
• Russian: документа́льный
• Spanish: documental, documentario

Translations

• Italian: documentario
• Portuguese: documental
• Spanish: documental

Noun

documentary (plural documentaries)

1. A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.

Translations

• French: documentaire
• German: Dokumentation, Doku
• Portuguese: documentário
• Spanish: documental

Translations

• French: documentaire
• German: Dokumentation, Dokumentarfilm
• Italian: documentario
• Portuguese: documentário
• Russian: документа́льный фильм
• Spanish: documental

Antonyms

• fiction

Related terms

• docudrama

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