Definition of 'movie'
Word forms: plural movies
1. countable noun
2. plural noun
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Word origin
contr. < moving pictureWord Frequency
movie in American English
(ˈmuːvi)
noun
1. See motion picture
2. (often prec. by the)
a motion-picture theater
The movie is next-door to the hardware store
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Word origin
[1905–10; mov(ing picture) + -ie]Word Frequency
movie in British English
noun
a. an informal word for film (sense 1)
b.
(as modifier)
movie ticket
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C20: from mov(ing picture) + -ieExamples of 'movie' in a sentence
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movie
- American English: movie /ˈmuvi/
- Arabic: فِيلْمٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: filme
- Chinese: 电影
- Croatian: film
- Czech: film
- Danish: film
- Dutch: film
- European Spanish: película
- Finnish: elokuva
- French: film
- German: Film
- Greek: ταινία
- Italian: film
- Japanese: 映画
- Korean: 영화
- Norwegian: film
- Polish: film
- European Portuguese: filme
- Romanian: film
- Russian: фильм
- Spanish: película obra cinematográfica
- Swedish: film biofilm
- Thai: ภาพยนตร์
- Turkish: film sinema
- Ukrainian: фільм
- Vietnamese: phim
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