movie
Etymology
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Etymology
From moving (picture) + -ie.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˈmuːvi/
movie (plural movies)
- (chiefly, North America, AU) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film.
- Synonyms: flick, motion picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, photoplay, picture show, picture
- (usually, in the plural, chiefly, North America, AU) A cinema; a movie theatre.
- Let's go to the movies.
- (informal, figuratively) Any event, especially one that is unpleasant or tiresome.
- Don't worry; this isn't the first time I've been through this movie.
- (slang, figuratively) An extremely fun and exciting experience.
- Every night with you is a movie!
- French: film, œuvre cinématographique
- German: Film, Spielfilm
- Italian: film, pellicola
- Portuguese: filme
- Russian: фильм
- Spanish: película, filme
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