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silent film

silent film noun: a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue.

Noun

silent film (countable and uncountable, plural silent films)

  1. (retronym) A film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue.
    • Set against the background of the American civil war, with Keaton a cunning but unskilled driver, unaided, of the ponderous giant of a locomotive, it remains not only probably the funniest film about railways ever made, but one of the funniest silent films to retain its comic power over today's...1958 February, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in Railway Magazine, page 88
    • Lewis Stone as the Marquis gives one of the greatest performances in silent film I have ever seen.2009, Neil McDonald, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 104

silent film meaning in Tamil, Punjabi, Arabic and Malay

silent film in Tamil

film without sound
ஊமைப்படம் ūmaippaṭam

silent film in Punjabi

film without sound
ਮੂਕ ਫ਼ਿਲਮ mūk filam

silent film in Arabic

film without sound
سِينِمَا صَامِتَة sīnimā ṣāmita

silent film in Malay

film without sound
filem bisu
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silent film in Thai
ภาพยนตร์เงียบ pâap-pá-yon-ngîiap, ภาพยนตร์ใบ้, หนังเงียบ, หนังใบ้
silent film in Vietnamese
phim câm

Synonyms of silent film

Forms of silent film

pluralsilent films

Questions about silent film

What does silent film mean?
Silent film means a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue.
What is silent film in Tamil?
Silent film in Tamil is ஊமைப்படம் (ūmaippaṭam). See Silent film meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is silent film?
Silent film is a noun.
What is the plural of silent film?
The plural of silent film is silent films.

Words near silent film in the dictionary

  1. silent cops
  2. silent disco
  3. silent discos
  4. silent e
  5. silent e's
  6. silent film
  7. silent films
  8. silent forest syndrome
  9. silent fox
  10. silent fox gesture
  11. Silent Generation

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