"cult film" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cult films [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cult film (plural cult films)
  1. A film that has acquired a cult following. Synonyms: cult movie Translations (film with a group of dedicated fans): 邪典電影 (Chinese Mandarin), 邪典电影 (xiédiǎn diànyǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), kultfilm [common-gender] (Danish), cultfilm [masculine] (Dutch), kulttielokuva (Finnish), film culte [masculine] (French), Kultfilm [masculine] (German), kultuszfilm (Hungarian), kultfilm (Hungarian), カルト映画 (karuto eiga) (Japanese), 컬트 영화 (keolteu yeonghwa) (Korean), filme cult [masculine] (Portuguese), film idol [neuter] (Romanian), ку́льтовый фильм (kúlʹtovyj filʹm) [masculine] (Russian), película de culto [feminine] (Spanish), kultfilm [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cult, film.
    Sense id: en-cult_film-en-noun-R3LEg7ly

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