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film

film

noun FEELM Common

Also means

movie

Usage Note

Film is used in both the cinema sense and for a thin coating or layer (un film de poussière = a film of dust). The common colloquial word for cinema is le ciné. French has a strong tradition of la Nouvelle Vague (New Wave) cinema that shaped global filmmaking in the 1960s.

Examples

"On regarde un film ce soir."

Natural Translation

We are watching a film tonight.

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