English Explanatory Dictionary

semidocumentary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a drama (film, book or TV) that presents a fictional story incorporating many factual details or actual events
adj
  1. of such a drama

Word forms

semidocumentary semidocumentaries more semidocumentary most semidocumentary

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-der. Proto-Italic *dokeō Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Latin -mentum Latin documentumbor. French document Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusder. French -aire French documentairebor. English documentary English semidocumentary From semi- + documentary.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary