biopic
/ˈbaɪ.əʊ.pɪk/US/ˈbaɪ.oʊ.pɪk/
biopic noun: a motion picture based on the life (or lives) of a real, rather than fictional, person (or people).
Noun
biopic (plural biopics)
- A motion picture based on the life (or lives) of a real, rather than fictional, person (or people).
- This truism helps explain why the music biopic is stuck in such a compromising loop. […] Between 2000 to 2019, 55% of leading actor and actress Oscars went to performances in a biopic. Over the past four years, the genre has been responsible for 63 Oscar nominations. Yet at the same time...2026 April 26, Catherine Shoard, “Bad movies, good business: how sanitised biopics became a Hollywood staple”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2026
biopic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
biopic in Hindi
- बायोपिक, बायॉपिक
biopic in Tamil
- படவழிவரலாறு, வாழ்க்கைப் படம்
biopic in Marathi
- बायोपिक
biopic in Urdu
- بائیوپک, بایوپک
More languagesFewer languages
- biopic in Bengali
- বায়োপিক
- biopic in Telugu
- బయోపిక్ bayōpik
- biopic in Malayalam
- ബയോപിക്
- biopic in Kannada
- ಬಯೋಪಿಕ್
- biopic in Punjabi
- ਬਾਇਓਪਿਕ
- biopic in Gujarati
- બાયોપિક
- biopic in Odia
- ବାଯ଼ୋପିକ, ବାଯ଼ୋପିକ୍
- biopic in Nepali
- बायोपिक
Forms of biopic
| plural | biopics |
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Origin of biopic
Clipping of biographical picture; synchronically bio + pic.
Questions about biopic
- What does biopic mean?
- Biopic means a motion picture based on the life (or lives) of a real, rather than fictional, person (or people).
- What is biopic in Hindi?
- Biopic in Hindi is बायोपिक, बायॉपिक. See Biopic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is biopic?
- Biopic is a noun.
- How do you pronounce biopic?
- Biopic is pronounced /ˈbaɪ.əʊ.pɪk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of biopic?
- The plural of biopic is biopics.
Words near biopic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: biopic (page history and authors); biopic (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); biopic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); biopic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); biopic (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); biopic (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); బయోపిక్ (Telugu) (page history and authors); biopic (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); biopic (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); biopic (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); biopic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); biopic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); biopic (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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