"flim" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Antigua and Barbuda Creole English]

Forms: flim dem [plural], flim [quantified]
Head templates: {{head|aig|noun|plural|flim dem|quantified|flim|head=}} flim (plural flim dem, quantified flim), {{aig-noun}} flim (plural flim dem, quantified flim)
  1. film

Noun [English]

Forms: flims [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flim (plural flims)
  1. Clipping of flim-flam (“confidence trick”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: flim-flam (extra: confidence trick)
    Sense id: en-flim-en-noun-Zbd2cPpO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Jamaican Creole]

IPA: /ˈflɪm/ Forms: flim dem [plural], flim [quantified], film [alternative]
Etymology: From English film. Etymology templates: {{der|jam|en|film}} English film Head templates: {{head|jam|noun|plural|flim dem|quantified|flim|||head=}} flim (plural flim dem, quantified flim), {{jam-noun}} flim (plural flim dem, quantified flim)
  1. film Related terms: cerfiticket

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|altform=1}} flim
  1. alternative form of flum Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: flum
    Sense id: en-flim-enm-noun-qSO-d2MD Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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