"celluloid" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɛljəˌlɔɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-celluloid.wav [Southern-England] Forms: celluloids [plural]
Etymology: Former trademark of Celluloid Manufacturing Company Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} celluloid (countable and uncountable, plural celluloids)
  1. Any of a variety of thermoplastics created from nitrocellulose and camphor, once used as photographic film. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (variety of thermoplastics): цэлуло́ід (celulóid) [masculine] (Belarusian), цэлюлёід (celjuljóid) [masculine] (Belarusian), целулои́д (celuloíd) [masculine] (Bulgarian), cel·luloide [masculine] (Catalan), 賽璐珞 (Chinese Mandarin), 赛璐珞 (sàilùluò) (Chinese Mandarin), celluloid [neuter] (Dutch), celuloido (Esperanto), celluloïd [masculine] (French), ცელულოიდი (celuloidi) (Georgian), Zelluloid [neuter] (German), Celluloid [neuter] (German), celuloido (Ido), seluloid (Indonesian), celluloide [feminine] (Italian), セルロイド (seruroido) (Japanese), 셀룰로이드 (sellulloideu) (Korean), seluloid (Malay), celuloid [masculine] (Polish), celuloide [masculine] (Portuguese), целлуло́ид (cellulóid) [masculine] (Russian), celuloide [masculine] (Spanish), เซลลูลอยด์ (seel-luu-lɔɔi) (Thai), целуло́їд (celulójid) [masculine] (Ukrainian), sälülöd (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-celluloid-en-noun-ZTZbInGr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 14 15 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 68 15 17 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 65 15 20 Disambiguation of 'variety of thermoplastics': 97 1 1
  2. (figuratively, often used attributively) The genre of cinema; film. Tags: attributive, countable, figuratively, often, uncountable Translations (cinema or film): ducinéma [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-celluloid-en-noun-ON~DVG~i Disambiguation of 'cinema or film': 15 85 0
  3. (obsolete) An item, such as a jacket, made from celluloid. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-celluloid-en-noun-ic-tcce1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: celluloid ceiling, loid Related terms: cell, cellophane, cellular, cellule, cellulose, cellulite, cellulitis, Galalith, photographic film, xylonite

Inflected forms

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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "variety of thermoplastics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "celluloide"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seruroido",
      "sense": "variety of thermoplastics",
      "word": "セルロイド"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sellulloideu",
      "sense": "variety of thermoplastics",
      "word": "셀룰로이드"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "variety of thermoplastics",
      "word": "seluloid"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "variety of thermoplastics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "celuloid"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "variety of thermoplastics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "celuloide"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cellulóid",
      "sense": "variety of thermoplastics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "целлуло́ид"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "variety of thermoplastics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "celuloide"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "seel-luu-lɔɔi",
      "sense": "variety of thermoplastics",
      "word": "เซลลูลอยด์"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "celulójid",
      "sense": "variety of thermoplastics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "целуло́їд"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "variety of thermoplastics",
      "word": "sälülöd"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cinema or film",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ducinéma"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "celluloid"
  ],
  "word": "celluloid"
}

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