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cinefilm

cinefilm noun: any of various obsolete film formats, including 8 mm, 9.5 mm, 16 mm, and Super 8, formerly much used for making home movies to be viewed on a projector.

Noun

cinefilm (countable and uncountable, plural cinefilms)

  1. Any of various obsolete film formats, including 8 mm, 9.5 mm, 16 mm, and Super 8, formerly much used for making home movies to be viewed on a projector.
  2. (countable) A film recorded on this medium.

Verb

cinefilm (third-person singular simple present cinefilms, present participle cinefilming, simple past and past participle cinefilmed)

  1. (transitive) To record onto cinefilm.

Forms of cinefilm

Noun
pluralcinefilms
Verb
third-person singular presentcinefilms
present participlecinefilming
past participlecinefilmed
pastcinefilmed

Origin of cinefilm

From cine- + film.

Questions about cinefilm

What does cinefilm mean?
Cinefilm means any of various obsolete film formats, including 8 mm, 9.5 mm, 16 mm, and Super 8, formerly much used for making home movies to be viewed on a projector.
What part of speech is cinefilm?
Cinefilm can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of cinefilm?
The plural of cinefilm is cinefilms.

Words near cinefilm in the dictionary

  1. cinecamera
  2. cinecameras
  3. cinecoronarography
  4. cinedance
  5. cinefaction
  6. cinefilm
  7. cinefilmed
  8. cinefilming
  9. cinefilms
  10. cinefluorogram
  11. cinefluorograms

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