Film Camera Adventures

• Main Entry: ¹film

• Pronunciation: \ˈfilm, Southern also ˈfi(ə)m\

• Function: noun

• Usage: often attributive

• Etymology: Middle English filme, from Old English filmen; akin to Greek pelma sole of the foot, Old English fell skin — more at fell

• Date: before 12th century

1 a : a thin skin or membranous covering : pellicle b : an abnormal growth on or in the eye

2 : a thin covering or coating <a film of ice>

3 a : an exceedingly thin layer : lamina b (1) : a thin flexible transparent sheet (as of plastic) used especially as a wrapping(2) : a thin sheet of cellulose acetate or nitrocellulose coated with a radiation-sensitive emulsion for taking photographs

4 : motion picture