English Explanatory Dictionary

filmy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Resembling or made of a thin film; gauzy.
  2. Covered by (or as if by) a film; hazy.
  3. Filmlike; resembling a motion picture.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɪlmi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-filmy.wav

Word forms

filmy filmier filmiest

Etymology

From film + -y. Cognate with Middle Dutch velmich, vilmich (“filmy, membranous”). Doublet of filmic.

Derived words

filmily filminess filmy fern Wilson's filmy fern
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