chapter

chapters (plural)
chapiter (alternative)
chapitre (alternative)
chapiture (alternative)
chaptre (alternative)
chapyter (alternative)
chapytre (alternative)
chaptire (alternative)

→ Cebuano: tsapter

From Middle English chapitre, from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitulum (“a chapter of a book, in Medieval Latin also a synod or council”), diminutive of caput (“a head”); see capital, capitulum, and chapiter, which are doublets of chapter.

der

Detective novel writers try to keep up the suspense until the last chapter.

At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.

1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

(authorship) One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided.

CHAPTER - One of the principal divisions of a book, and, in reference to the Bible, one of the larger sections into which its books are divided. This division, as well as that consisting of verses, was introduced to facilitate reference, and not to indicate any natural or accurate division of the subjects treated in the books.

1842, Walter Farquahar Hook, A Church Dictionary, published 1896:

At least thirty-two of the first forty-seven decretal chapters were received by English ecclesiastics,

1963, Charles Duggan, Twelfth-century Decretal Collections and Their Importance in English History, page 127:

il conclut: « No pope, no collection but the masters who served the one and commented on the other ultimately determined the content of this decretal chapter».

1983, Revue théologique de Louvain - Volume 14, page 127:

But unlike a similar annotation, it has not been turned into a chapter title because the annotation “de quodam hermita” (Of a certain hermit) immediately preceded it. If a scribe had also turned Liberauit Dominus hermitam into a chapter title, he would have created a chapter that consisted of a single sentence, which even for a rather dull scribe would seem unacceptable. […] While scribe A wrote the body of the text of the De nugis curialium, scribe X contributed the rubricated chapter headings.

2017, Joshua Byron Smith, Walter Map and the Matter of Britain, page 67:

While rubrics do not appear in paper manuscripts, eight paper manuscripts contain chapter titles, which serve the same function as the medieval rubrics.

2018, Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir, Emily Lethbridge, New Studies in the Manuscript Tradition of Njáls saga, page xvii:

Characteristics: parchment; 92 fols.; 260 × 180 mm.; 32 lines; Italy; ca. 1430; two hands: humanistic rotunda with some Gothic features; marginal notes by first hand and names by a second hand; space left for initials; rubric inscriptions; superscript variants by first hand; chapters marked in margin; horizontal catchwords; quaternions.

2018, David J. Hunt, A Textual History of Cicero's Academici Libri, page 152:

From canon law, he cited Gratian's Decretum, Gregory's Decretales, the Sexto and Clementines Decretales, and the Extravagantes, and specifically referred to “the rules for understanding the Law” in a decretal chapter on Propterea.

2021, David T. Orique, The Unheard Voice of Law in Bartolomé de Las Casas’s Brevísima Relación de la Destruición de las Indias, page 97:

A section of a work, a collection of works, or fragments of works, often manuscripts or transcriptions, created by scholars or advocates, not the original authors, to aid in finding portions of the texts.


junction

→ Bengali: জংশন (joṅśon)

→ Japanese: ジャンクション

/ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/

From Latin iūnctiō (“union, joining, uniting”), from iungō (“join, attach together”). Equivalent to join + -tion.

Even rolling news has junctions to meet - headlines on the hour or half-hour, or links to live events, for example.

2007, Gary Hudson, Sarah Rowlands, The Broadcast Journalism Handbook, page 336:

Try to avoid becoming too predictable or repetitive, particularly at regular junctions.

2010, Peter Stewart, Essential Radio Skills: How to Present a Radio Show:

(radio, television) A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts.


prop

They used the trophy as a prop in the movie.

(theater, film) An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform.

реквизит

item placed on a stage to create a scene


game show

game shows (plural)
gameshow (alternative)

(games, broadcasting) A radio or television program that involves members of the public or celebrities, whether as individuals or as part of a team, playing a game, especially one involving the answering of quiz questions, for cash or prizes.


runner

From Middle English rennere, rynner, urnare, equivalent to run + -er. Cognate with Old Norse rennari (“runner; messenger”). Displaced earlier Middle English runel (“runner”), from Old English rynel (“runner”; also “messenger, courier”).

vrapues

somebody who runs, who moves at a fast pace

махови́к

mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move

Agent noun of run; one who runs.
(film) An assistant.

Agent noun of run; one who runs.
An assistant.


Pluto

Borrowed from Latin Plūtō, borrowed from Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn, “god of the underworld”). Venetia Burney is often credited as having suggested the name for the celestial body.

Ceres

most likely dwarf planets of the Solar System

(film, art) The American cartoon character created by Walt Disney and Norm Ferguson.

Pluto

animated dog in various Disney productions


Pluto

Ultimately derived from Latin Plūtō, derived from Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn).

der+

(film, art) Pluto (animated dog in various Disney productions)


Aufzug

de-noun

Aufzug m (strong, genitive Aufzuges or Aufzugs, plural Aufzüge)

Aufzuges (genitive)
Aufzugs (genitive)
Aufzüge (plural)
Aufzug (nominative singular)
Aufzüge (definite nominative plural)
Aufzuges (genitive singular)
Aufzugs (genitive singular)
Aufzüge (definite genitive plural)
Aufzug (dative singular)
Aufzuge (dative singular)
Aufzügen (dative definite plural)
Aufzug (accusative singular)
Aufzüge (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German ūfzuc, verbal noun of ūfziehen.

Im dritten Aufzug kommt die große Überraschung.

In the third act comes the big surprise.


program

programs (plural)
programme (alternative)

→ Malay: program

→ Tok Pisin: program

/ˈpɹəʊˌɡɹæm/

/ˈpɹoʊˌɡɹæm/

From French programme, from Late Latin programma (“a proclamation, edict”), from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma, “a written public notice, an edict”), from προγράφω (prográphō, “I set forth as a public notice”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + γράφω (gráphō, “I write”). Doublet of programma.

der

Tonight’s program was hosted by Johnny Carson.

(broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.


program

en-verb

program (third-person singular simple present programs, present participle programming or programing, simple past and past participle programmed or programed)

programs (present singular third-person)
programming (participle present)
programing (participle present)
programmed (participle past)
programmed (past)
programed (participle past)
programed (past)
programme (alternative)

/ˈpɹəʊˌɡɹæm/

/ˈpɹoʊˌɡɹæm/

We program for special audience groups, too, as shown by our Mexican language program each Sunday morning.

1956, United States. Congress. Senate, Hearings, volume 5, page 2586:

(broadcasting) To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.


program

pl-noun

program m inan (diminutive programik, related adjective programowy)

programik (diminutive)
programowy (adjective)
program (nominative singular)
programy (nominative plural)
programu (genitive singular)
programów (genitive plural)
programowi (dative singular)
programom (dative plural)
program (accusative singular)
programy (accusative plural)
programem (instrumental singular)
programami (instrumental plural)
programie (locative singular)
programach (locative plural)
programie (singular vocative)
programy (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French programme. First attested in the 19th cenetury.

ref

Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “program”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861

Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “program”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

(broadcasting) program (a performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television)


programmer

/ˈpɹəʊɡɹæmə/

/ˈpɹoʊɡɹæmɚ/

*program + -er (US) / programme + -er (UK)

The handful of never-ending summer classics annually activated by rock-radio programmers.

1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 151:

So if there is a real shortage of training material and opportunities for radio programmers, then let's write some.

(radio, television) One who decides which programs will be shown on a television station, or which songs will be played on a radio station.

ohjelmapäällikkö

one who decides which programs will be shown on a television station


hero

en-noun

hero (plural heroes or (sandwich sense) heros)

[ˈhɪə.ɹəʊ~ˈçɪə.ɹəʊ]

From Middle English heroes, from Old French heroes, from Latin hērōs (“hero”), from Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “demi-god, hero”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to watch over, protect”). Related to Latin servo (“protect”). Displaced Middle English heleð, haleð, from Old English hæleþ, hæle.

der

The preparation of the hero food involves any number of specialized techniques food stylists have developed to deal with the demands of photographing food.

2003, Solomon H. Katz, William Woys Weaver, Encyclopedia of Food and Culture:

Protect the hero food. Whether the hero items are on a table in the studio or in the refrigerator, freezer, etc., be sure they are identified as hero items and not for consumption.

2008, Linda Bellingham, Jean Ann Bybee, Brad G. Rogers, Food Styling for Photographers, page 8:

The food stylists this day had spent inordinate amounts of time preparing the hero product for a close-up scene.

2008, David Random, Defying Gravity, page 24:

(film, photography, chiefly attributive) The product chosen from several candidates to be photographed, as in food advertising, or with props used in a movie.


dystopia

dystopia (nominative singular)
dystopie (nominative plural)
dystopii (genitive singular)
dystopii (genitive plural)
dystopij (archaic genitive plural)
dystopii (dative singular)
dystopiom (dative plural)
dystopię (accusative singular)
dystopie (accusative plural)
dystopią (instrumental singular)
dystopiami (instrumental plural)
dystopii (locative singular)
dystopiach (locative plural)
dystopio (singular vocative)
dystopie (plural vocative)

(film, literature) dystopia (vision of a future that is a corrupted (usually beyond recognition) utopian society)


print

en-noun

print (countable and uncountable, plural prints)

cursive

antonym(s) of “writing without connected letters”

From Middle English *printen, prenten, preenten, an apheretic form of emprinten, enprinten (“to impress; imprint”) (see imprint). Compare Dutch prenten (“to imprint”), Middle Low German prenten (“to print; write”), Danish prente (“to print”), Swedish prenta (“to write German letters”). Compare also Late Old French printer, preindre (“to press”), from Latin premere (“to press”).

cog

(film) A copy of a film that can be projected.


fin

French language
fin
fin (disambiguation)

From French fin (“end”). Doublet of fine and finis.


v-chip

Stands for violence chip, coined and devised by Tim Collings, promoted by the William Jefferson Clinton Administration.

(television) Any censorship technology that allows parents to control the level of objectionable content that their children may see on television.


super

Supers are superimposed words that run across the TV screen and provide information such as the names of interview subjects. The newsroom sends a printed list of these supers to Perry.

2009, James Robert Parish, Jim Henson, page 114:

(television) A superimposed caption or image.


super

en-verb

super (third-person singular simple present supers, present participle supering, simple past and past participle supered)

supers (present singular third-person)
supering (participle present)
supered (participle past)
supered (past)

Even running a supered "Re-enactment" caption for a few seconds is poor policy, he feels […]

1987, Television Quarterly, volumes 23-24:


камера

uk-noun

ка́мера • (kámera) f inan (genitive ка́мери, nominative plural ка́мери, genitive plural ка́мер, relational adjective ка́мерний)

ка́мера (canonical)
kámera (romanization)
ка́мери (genitive)
ка́мери (nominative plural)
ка́мер (genitive plural)
ка́мерний (adjective relational)
ка́мера (nominative singular)
ка́мери (nominative plural)
ка́мери (genitive singular)
ка́мер (genitive plural)
ка́мері (dative singular)
ка́мерам (dative plural)
ка́меру (accusative singular)
ка́мери (accusative plural)
ка́мерою (instrumental singular)
ка́мерами (instrumental plural)
ка́мері (locative singular)
ка́мерах (locative plural)
ка́меро (singular vocative)
ка́мери (plural vocative)


cámara

Inherited from Old Spanish camara, borrowed from Vulgar Latin camara, variant of Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “something with an arched cover, a vaulted chamber”). Doublet of cambra.

der

(cinematography) cameraman, camera operator (somebody who operates a movie camera or television camera)


doceo

la-verb

doceō (present infinitive docēre, perfect active docuī, supine doctum); second conjugation

doceō (canonical)
docēre (infinitive present)
docuī (active perfect)
doctum (supine)
doceō (active first-person indicative present singular)
docēs (active indicative present second-person singular)
docet (active indicative present singular third-person)
docēmus (active first-person indicative plural present)
docētis (active indicative plural present second-person)
docent (active indicative plural present third-person)
docēbam (active first-person imperfect indicative singular)
docēbās (active imperfect indicative second-person singular)
docēbat (active imperfect indicative singular third-person)
docēbāmus (active first-person imperfect indicative plural)
docēbātis (active imperfect indicative plural second-person)
docēbant (active imperfect indicative plural third-person)
docēbō (active first-person future indicative singular)
docēbis (active future indicative second-person singular)
docēbit (active future indicative singular third-person)
docēbimus (active first-person future indicative plural)
docēbitis (active future indicative plural second-person)
docēbunt (active future indicative plural third-person)
docuī (active first-person indicative perfect singular)
docuistī (active indicative perfect second-person singular)
docuit (active indicative perfect singular third-person)
docuimus (active first-person indicative perfect plural)
docuistis (active indicative perfect plural second-person)
docuērunt (active indicative perfect plural third-person)
docuēre (active indicative perfect plural third-person)
docueram (active first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
docuerās (active indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
docuerat (active indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
docuerāmus (active first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
docuerātis (active indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
docuerant (active indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
docuerō (active first-person future indicative perfect singular)
docueris (active future indicative perfect second-person singular)
docuerit (active future indicative perfect singular third-person)
docuerimus (active first-person future indicative perfect plural)
docueritis (active future indicative perfect plural second-person)
docuerint (active future indicative perfect plural third-person)
doceor (first-person indicative passive present singular)
docēris (indicative passive present second-person singular)
docēre (indicative passive present second-person singular)
docētur (indicative passive present singular third-person)
docēmur (first-person indicative passive plural present)
docēminī (indicative passive plural present second-person)
docentur (indicative passive plural present third-person)
docēbar (first-person imperfect indicative passive singular)
docēbāris (imperfect indicative passive second-person singular)
docēbāre (imperfect indicative passive second-person singular)
docēbātur (imperfect indicative passive singular third-person)
docēbāmur (first-person imperfect indicative passive plural)
docēbāminī (imperfect indicative passive plural second-person)
docēbantur (imperfect indicative passive plural third-person)
docēbor (first-person future indicative passive singular)
docēberis (future indicative passive second-person singular)
docēbere (future indicative passive second-person singular)
docēbitur (future indicative passive singular third-person)
docēbimur (first-person future indicative passive plural)
docēbiminī (future indicative passive plural second-person)
docēbuntur (future indicative passive plural third-person)
doceam (active first-person present singular subjunctive)
doceās (active present second-person singular subjunctive)
doceat (active present singular subjunctive third-person)
doceāmus (active first-person plural present subjunctive)
doceātis (active plural present second-person subjunctive)
doceant (active plural present subjunctive third-person)
docērem (active first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
docērēs (active imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
docēret (active imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
docērēmus (active first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
docērētis (active imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
docērent (active imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
docuerim (active first-person perfect singular subjunctive)
docuerīs (active perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
docuerit (active perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
docuerīmus (active first-person perfect plural subjunctive)
docuerītis (active perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
docuerint (active perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
docuissem (active first-person pluperfect singular subjunctive)
docuissēs (active pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
docuisset (active pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
docuissēmus (active first-person pluperfect plural subjunctive)
docuissētis (active pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
docuissent (active pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
docear (first-person passive present singular subjunctive)
doceāris (passive present second-person singular subjunctive)
doceāre (passive present second-person singular subjunctive)
doceātur (passive present singular subjunctive third-person)
doceāmur (first-person passive plural present subjunctive)
doceāminī (passive plural present second-person subjunctive)
doceantur (passive plural present subjunctive third-person)
docērer (first-person imperfect passive singular subjunctive)
docērēris (imperfect passive second-person singular subjunctive)
docērēre (imperfect passive second-person singular subjunctive)
docērētur (imperfect passive singular subjunctive third-person)
docērēmur (first-person imperfect passive plural subjunctive)
docērēminī (imperfect passive plural second-person subjunctive)
docērentur (imperfect passive plural subjunctive third-person)
docē (active imperative present second-person singular)
docēte (active imperative plural present second-person)
docētō (active future imperative second-person singular)
docētō (active future imperative singular third-person)
docētōte (active future imperative plural second-person)
docentō (active future imperative plural third-person)
docēre (imperative passive present second-person singular)
docēminī (imperative passive plural present second-person)
docētor (future imperative passive second-person singular)
docētor (future imperative passive singular third-person)
docentor (future imperative passive plural third-person)
docēre (active infinitive present)
docērī (infinitive passive present)
docēns (active participle present)
doctūrum esse (active future infinitive)
doctum īrī (future infinitive passive)
doctūrus (active future participle)
docendus (future participle passive)
docuisse (active infinitive perfect)
doctum esse (infinitive passive perfect)
doctus (participle passive perfect)
doctum fore (future infinitive passive perfect)
doctūrum fuisse (active infinitive perfect potential)
docendī (genitive gerund noun-from-verb)
docendō (dative gerund noun-from-verb)
docendum (accusative gerund noun-from-verb)
docendō (ablative gerund noun-from-verb)
doctum (accusative noun-from-verb supine)
doctū (ablative noun-from-verb supine)

Old Occitan: dozer

Old French: duire, doire (homophone for duire 'lead' < dūcere)

French: duire (archaic or regional (Normandy))

→ Ido: docar

From Proto-Italic *dokeō, from earlier *dokejō, causative of Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to take”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δοκέω (dokéō, “I expect, suppose, seem”) and Ancient Greek δέχομαι (dékhomai, “I accept, receive”). The sense "rehearse, present on stage" is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek διδάσκω (didáskō).


web

From Middle English webbe, from Old English webb, from Proto-Germanic *wabją, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“weave”).

what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive

[…] the first big move toward a contract for television performers was made Friday (20) when the webs agreed to pay them according to the length of the show. […] Altho the major TV webs — NBC and CBS — may fall in line soon, an agreement may possibly be held up by the opposition of DuMont […]

1950, Billboard, volume 62, number 43, page 9:

ABC-TV this week put into effect its long anticipated plans to move into daytime programming in a bigger way by opening up its 4-5 across-the-board strip. The web is using its "Mickey Mouse Club," which is stoutly anchored in the 5-6 p.m. slot, as a backing up point for its afternoon expansion.

(dated, US, radio, television) A major broadcasting network.


format

Via French format and German Format, from New Latin liber fōrmātus (“book fashioned”), from fōrmō (“I shape, fashion”).

The radio station changed the format of its evening program.

(radio) The type of programming that a radio station broadcasts; such as a certain genre of music, news, sports, talk, etc.


goof

Perhaps from dialectal English goff (“foolish clown”), from earlier goffe, in which case further etymology is uncertain.
Perhaps from Middle English goffen (“to speak in a frivolous manner”), possibly from Old English gaf, ġegaf (“base; wanton; lewd”, adjective), ġegaf (“buffoonery; scurrility”, noun), gaffetung, golfettung (“buffoonery; mockery”). Compare English dialectal gauffin (“lightheaded; foolish; giddy”), Scots gaff, gawf (“to talk loudly; babble”), Scots gaffaw (“a loud laugh”).
Alternatively, perhaps from Middle French goffe (“awkward; stupid”). Compare also Spanish gofo, Italian goffo.

inh

(US, cinematography, informal) An error made during production which finds its way into the final release.

coquille

an error made during production which finds its way into the final release


portmanteau film

en-noun

portmanteau film (plural portmanteau films)

Allusion to the idea of a portmanteau in the linguistic sense.

We're so bombarded with images, it's a struggle to preserve our imaginations.' In response, he's turned to cinema, commissioning 11 film-makers to contribute to a portmanteau film, entitled '11'09"01' and composed of short films each running 11 minutes, nine seconds and one frame.

2002 December 11, Nick Bradshaw, “One day in September”, in Time Out, page 71:

(film, television) A film that combines two or more distinct stories, frequently connected by a single theme, premise, or author.


deus ex machina

Unadapted borrowing from Latin deus ex māchinā, itself a calque of Ancient Greek ἀπὸ μηχανῆς θεός (apò mēkhanês theós).

der

ἀπὸ μηχανῆς θεός

(Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, drama, historical, literary) deus ex machina (plot resolution in ancient tragedy involving the sudden and unexpected appearance of a deity)

(Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, drama, historical, literary) deus ex machina (deity in Greek and Roman drama who was brought in by stage machinery to intervene in a difficult situation)


gate

From Middle English gate, gat, ȝate, ȝeat, from Old English ġeat (“gate”), from Proto-West Germanic *gat, from Proto-Germanic *gatą (“hole, opening”).
See also Old Norse gat, Swedish and Dutch gat, Low German Gaat, Gööt.

After all, not using film has advantages other than cost: the curse of getting a hair in the gate (the rectangular opening at the front of a camera) is gone; the problem of getting dirt on the film swept away.

2023 March 16, John Boorman, “Today’s ‘films’ are nothing of the sort – so stop calling them that”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(cinematography) A mechanism, in a film camera and projector, that holds each frame momentarily stationary behind the aperture.


kine

(television) Clipping of kinescope (“type of recording”).


beo

beo (comparative)
beocha (comparative)
beo (masculine nominative singular)
bheo (feminine nominative singular)
beo (nominative plural)
bheo (nominative plural)
bheo (masculine singular vocative)
bheo (feminine singular vocative)
beo (plural vocative)
bheo (genitive masculine singular)
beo (feminine genitive singular)
beo (genitive plural)
beo (dative masculine singular)
bheo (dative masculine singular)
bheo (dative feminine singular)
beo (dative plural)
bheo (dative plural)
níos beo (comparative)
is beo (superlative)

From Old Irish béo (“alive”), from Proto-Celtic *biwos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”), from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”). Compare Welsh byw.


breakdown

en-noun

breakdown (countable and uncountable, plural breakdowns)

breakdowns (plural)
break-down (alternative)

sınma

failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature

(uncountable) Separation of a thing into components; decomposition, fragmentation; (countable) an instance of this.

(film, television, countable) A detailed description of a forthcoming project or screenplay which identifies all the required elements, such as the cast, costumes, equipment, props, and special effects.


fade

From Middle English fade, vad, vade (“faded, pale, withered, weak”), from Middle Dutch vade (“weak, faint, limp”), from Old French fade (“weak, witless”), of obscure origin. Probably from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, from Latin fatuus (“insipid”).

(music, cinematography) A gradual decrease in the brightness of a shot or the volume of sound or music (as a means of cutting to a new scene or starting a new song).


noir

en-adj

noir (comparative more noir, superlative most noir)

more noir (comparative)
most noir (superlative)

Shortened from film noir, and from French noir. Doublet of negro.

As a neo-Sherlock Holmes, however, Mulder is also a very noir version of the classic detective (just as Scully is a very noir Watson).

2008, Jerold J. Abrams, Elizabeth Cooke, “Detection and the Logic of Abduction in The X-Files”, in The Philosophy of TV Noir, →ISBN, page 182:

(film, television) Of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre


noir

en-noun

noir (countable and uncountable, plural noirs)

(film and television, uncountable) Film noir.

Several noirs, including “Raw Deal,” have been set here.

2007 January 29, Wendell Jamieson, “Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt, Nights Are Noir in Fog City”, in New York Times:

(film and television, countable) A production in the style of film noir.


avail

avail (countable and uncountable, plural avails)

From Middle English availen (“to be of use”), from Old French a (“to”) + vail from valoir (“to be worth”), from Latin valere (“to be worthy, strong”).

The salesperson at an affiliate TV station might prepare an avail which offers two weeks of spots in early and late news[…].

1994, Barry L. Sherman, Telecommunications Management: Broadcasting/cable and the New Technologies, →ISBN, page 353:

At an avail, the ad server plays out the MPEG-2 audio/video elementary streams.

2004, Walter S. Ciciora et al., Modern Cable Television Technology: Video, Voice, and Data Communications, →ISBN, page 123:

(television, advertising) An advertising slot or package.

(British, acting) Non-binding notice of availability for work.


spaghetti

spaghetti (usually uncountable, plural spaghettis)

The noun is borrowed from Italian spaghetti, the plural of spaghetto (“dish of spaghetti; (rare) strand of spaghetti”), from spago (“cord, string, twine; thread”) + -etto (diminutive suffix). Spago is derived from Latin spagus (“twine”), probably from Ancient Greek σφάκος (sphákos, “apple sage (Salvia pomifera)”), probably from Pre-Greek.
The verb is derived from the noun.

مَعْكَرُونَة

type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings

spagetti

something physically resembling spaghetti (sense 1) in appearance or consistency, or in being tangled

spaghetti western
spaghetti western#English

(by extension, countable) Denoting Italianness.

(film) Ellipsis of spaghetti western (“a motion picture depicting a story of cowboys and desperadoes set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company and filmed in Europe, notably in Italy”).


crab

en-verb

crab (third-person singular simple present crabs, present participle crabbing, simple past and past participle crabbed)

crabs (present singular third-person)
crabbing (participle present)
crabbed (participle past)
crabbed (past)

From Middle English crabbe, from Old English crabba (“crab; crayfish; cancer”), from Proto-West Germanic *krabbō, from Proto-Germanic *krabbô, from *krabbōną (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *grobʰeh₂yéti (“scratch, claw at”), a metathesised o-grade of *gerbʰ-. More at carve.
Cognates
See also Dutch krab, Low German Krabb, Danish krabbe, Swedish krabba.
Further cognates with frequentative-infix are Saterland Frisian krabbelje (“to creep, crawl”), Dutch krabbelen (“to scratch”) and German krabbeln (“to crawl”). Possibly related to English creep and Swedish krypa (“to creep, crawl”) etc.

cog

If panning is not easy to make seem natural, crabbing the camera is even less like any action we perform with our eyes in the real world. There are a few circumstances in which we walk sideways: […]

1997, Paul Kriwaczek, Documentary for the Small Screen, page 109:

(transitive, film, television) To move (a camera) sideways.


slut

From Swedish slut, from Middle Low German slūt.

(radio communications) over and out, out (ending a conversation)


pod

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English *pod ("seed-pod, husk, shell, outer covering"; attested in pod-ware (“legume seed; seed grain”)), itself possibly from Old English pād (“an outer garment, covering, coat, cloak”), from Proto-West Germanic *paidu, from Proto-Germanic *paidō (“coat, smock, shirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *baiteh₂- (“woolen clothes”). If so, then cognate with Old Saxon pēda (“skirt”), German dialectal Pfeid, Pfeit (“shirt”), Gothic 𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰 (paida, “mantle, skirt”), and perhaps Albanian petk (“gown, garment, dress, suit”) and Ancient Greek βαίτη (baítē, “goat-skin, fur-coat, tent”).

unc

uncertain

gloss

"seed-pod, husk, shell, outer covering"; attested in <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm">pod-ware</i> (“legume seed; seed grain”)

ncog

These ads are shown during commercial breaks when there is no game action. Usually, multiple spots are grouped into a pod of commercials.

2014, Lisa P. Masteralexis, Carol A. Barr, Mary Hums, Principles and Practice of Sport Management, page 448:

(broadcasting) A set of commercials to be shown together.


disco

la-verb

discō (present infinitive discere, perfect active didicī, supine discitum); third conjugation

discō (canonical)
discere (infinitive present)
didicī (active perfect)
discitum (supine)
discō (active first-person indicative present singular)
discis (active indicative present second-person singular)
discit (active indicative present singular third-person)
discimus (active first-person indicative plural present)
discitis (active indicative plural present second-person)
discunt (active indicative plural present third-person)
discēbam (active first-person imperfect indicative singular)
discēbās (active imperfect indicative second-person singular)
discēbat (active imperfect indicative singular third-person)
discēbāmus (active first-person imperfect indicative plural)
discēbātis (active imperfect indicative plural second-person)
discēbant (active imperfect indicative plural third-person)
discam (active first-person future indicative singular)
discēs (active future indicative second-person singular)
discet (active future indicative singular third-person)
discēmus (active first-person future indicative plural)
discētis (active future indicative plural second-person)
discent (active future indicative plural third-person)
didicī (active first-person indicative perfect singular)
didicistī (active indicative perfect second-person singular)
didicit (active indicative perfect singular third-person)
didicimus (active first-person indicative perfect plural)
didicistis (active indicative perfect plural second-person)
didicērunt (active indicative perfect plural third-person)
didicēre (active indicative perfect plural third-person)
didiceram (active first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
didicerās (active indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
didicerat (active indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
didicerāmus (active first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
didicerātis (active indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
didicerant (active indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
didicerō (active first-person future indicative perfect singular)
didiceris (active future indicative perfect second-person singular)
didicerit (active future indicative perfect singular third-person)
didicerimus (active first-person future indicative perfect plural)
didiceritis (active future indicative perfect plural second-person)
didicerint (active future indicative perfect plural third-person)
discor (first-person indicative passive present singular)
disceris (indicative passive present second-person singular)
discere (indicative passive present second-person singular)
discitur (indicative passive present singular third-person)
discimur (first-person indicative passive plural present)
disciminī (indicative passive plural present second-person)
discuntur (indicative passive plural present third-person)
discēbar (first-person imperfect indicative passive singular)
discēbāris (imperfect indicative passive second-person singular)
discēbāre (imperfect indicative passive second-person singular)
discēbātur (imperfect indicative passive singular third-person)
discēbāmur (first-person imperfect indicative passive plural)
discēbāminī (imperfect indicative passive plural second-person)
discēbantur (imperfect indicative passive plural third-person)
discar (first-person future indicative passive singular)
discēris (future indicative passive second-person singular)
discēre (future indicative passive second-person singular)
discētur (future indicative passive singular third-person)
discēmur (first-person future indicative passive plural)
discēminī (future indicative passive plural second-person)
discentur (future indicative passive plural third-person)
discam (active first-person present singular subjunctive)
discās (active present second-person singular subjunctive)
discat (active present singular subjunctive third-person)
discāmus (active first-person plural present subjunctive)
discātis (active plural present second-person subjunctive)
discant (active plural present subjunctive third-person)
discerem (active first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
discerēs (active imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
disceret (active imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
discerēmus (active first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
discerētis (active imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
discerent (active imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
didicerim (active first-person perfect singular subjunctive)
didicerīs (active perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
didicerit (active perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
didicerīmus (active first-person perfect plural subjunctive)
didicerītis (active perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
didicerint (active perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
didicissem (active first-person pluperfect singular subjunctive)
didicissēs (active pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
didicisset (active pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
didicissēmus (active first-person pluperfect plural subjunctive)
didicissētis (active pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
didicissent (active pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
discar (first-person passive present singular subjunctive)
discāris (passive present second-person singular subjunctive)
discāre (passive present second-person singular subjunctive)
discātur (passive present singular subjunctive third-person)
discāmur (first-person passive plural present subjunctive)
discāminī (passive plural present second-person subjunctive)
discantur (passive plural present subjunctive third-person)
discerer (first-person imperfect passive singular subjunctive)
discerēris (imperfect passive second-person singular subjunctive)
discerēre (imperfect passive second-person singular subjunctive)
discerētur (imperfect passive singular subjunctive third-person)
discerēmur (first-person imperfect passive plural subjunctive)
discerēminī (imperfect passive plural second-person subjunctive)
discerentur (imperfect passive plural subjunctive third-person)
disce (active imperative present second-person singular)
discite (active imperative plural present second-person)
discitō (active future imperative second-person singular)
discitō (active future imperative singular third-person)
discitōte (active future imperative plural second-person)
discuntō (active future imperative plural third-person)
discere (imperative passive present second-person singular)
disciminī (imperative passive plural present second-person)
discitor (future imperative passive second-person singular)
discitor (future imperative passive singular third-person)
discuntor (future imperative passive plural third-person)
discere (active infinitive present)
discī (infinitive passive present)
discēns (active participle present)
discitūrum esse (active future infinitive)
discitum īrī (future infinitive passive)
discitūrus (active future participle)
discendus (future participle passive)
discundus (future participle passive)
didicisse (active infinitive perfect)
discitum esse (infinitive passive perfect)
discitus (participle passive perfect)
discitum fore (future infinitive passive perfect)
discitūrum fuisse (active infinitive perfect potential)
discendī (genitive gerund noun-from-verb)
discendō (dative gerund noun-from-verb)
discendum (accusative gerund noun-from-verb)
discendō (ablative gerund noun-from-verb)
discitum (accusative noun-from-verb supine)
discitū (ablative noun-from-verb supine)

→ Proto-Brythonic: *dɨskɨd

Breton: deskiñ

Cornish: dyski

Welsh: dysgu

From Proto-Italic *diskō, from earlier *dikskō, from Proto-Indo-European *di-dḱ-ské-ti, a reduplicated durative, inchoative and suffixed verb from the root *deḱ- (“to take”). From the same root as doceō; unrelated to discipulus.
Cognates include Ancient Greek δέχομαι (dékhomai), whereas δαῆναι (daênai) is attributed to another root, *dens-, together with δεδαώς (dedaṓs), δήνεα (dḗnea) and διδάσκω (didáskō).


foil

en-noun

foil (countable and uncountable, plural foils)

From Middle English foyle, from Middle French fueille, from Old French fueille (“plant leaf”), from Late Latin folia, the plural of folium, mistaken as a singular feminine.
The literary sense is from the practice of backing a gem with metal foil to make it shine more brilliantly.
Doublet of folio and folium, distantly also with phyllo and phyllon.

As Puss comes to realize his legendary status is not a substitute for interpersonal connection, his interactions with Kitty and the therapy dog start to take on a surprising amount of weight, while Goldilocks serves as a well-realized foil who has more in common with Puss that is at first apparent.

2022 December 20, Leigh Monson, “Puss In Boots: The Last Wish review: Antonio Banderas leads the best film yet in the Shrek franchise”, in AV Club:

(authorship, figuratively) In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist, but can also serve as the sidekick of the protagonist.

contrastfiguur

character who helps emphasise the traits of the main character


frame

→ Korean: 프레임 (peureim)

→ Swahili: fremu

From Middle English frame (“profit, benefit, advantage; a structure composed according to a plan”), from the verb (above) and also from Old Norse frami (“advantage, fame, bravery, efficiency, privilege, honor”); and frame (“a framework or structure of any kind”) which is of uncertain origin. The latter is usually regarded as a derivative of former; however, compare the rare Anglo-Norman and Old French frame, fraine (“frame, framework”), itself of uncertain origin, which might be a borrowing from the English, from the Norse, or even possibly ultimately from Frankish *hramu (“frame”) related to Dutch raam (“window frame”).

der

(electronics, film, animation, video games) A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30 or 1/60 of a second.


ingenue

Borrowed from French ingénue, the feminine form of ingénu (“guileless”), originally from the Latin ingenuus (“ingenuous”).

The intelligent and talented blonde who was fluent in English, French and Spanish was interested in art and joined a local theater group to work on set designs but wound up on stage playing an ingenue in Liliom and was spotted by director Vincente Minnelli.

2012, Thomas Lisanti, Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies: The First Wave, 1959-1969, McFarland, →ISBN, page 396:

(theater, film) A dramatic role of such a woman; an actress playing such a role.

naiva

a dramatic role of such a woman; an actress playing such a role


tag

From Middle English tagge (“small piece hanging from a garment”), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Norwegian tagg (“point; prong; barb; tag”), Swedish tagg (“thorn; prickle; tine”), Icelandic tág (“a willow-twig”). Compare also tack.

cog

Often, the tag punctuates the "we're all in this together" theme and is topped with a laugh.

2006, Stephen V. Duncan, A Guide to Screenwriting Success, page 300:

(television) The last scene of a TV program, often focusing on the program's subplot.

Seems here like Russ would be speaking. You could use a tag here.

(Can we date this quote?), michael, alt.fiction.original (Usenet):

If you want to start with talk, stick a tag in right away

(Can we date this quote?), Jane MacDonald, alt.fiction.original (Usenet):

You could combine these two paragraphs, I think, and rewrite to lose the tag portion of the third sentence.

(Can we date this quote?), bart_...@hotmail.com, alt.fiction.original (Usenet):

(informal, authorship) An attribution in narrated dialogue (eg, "he said") or attributed words (e.g. "he thought").


clapboard

(film) A clapperboard; a device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used to synchronize picture and sound at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production.


girafa

→ Hunsrik: Schiraff

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?
Classical Persian سرنا
Proto-Indo-European *ped-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts
Proto-Iranian *pā́dah
Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d)
Classical Persian پَا (pā)
Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor.
Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐbor.
Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.
Italian giraffabor.
Portuguese girafa
Borrowed from Italian giraffa.

etymon

(Brazil, film, television) boom (movable pole used to support a microphone or camera)


factual

From fact + -ual, modeled after, and by analogy with, actual.

The BBC is increasing its budget for factual this year.

(broadcasting) Programmes having content based on facts, such as documentaries.


blast

en-noun

blast (countable and uncountable, plural blasts)

→ Irish: bleaist

From Middle English blast, blest, from Old English blǣst (“blowing, blast”), from Proto-West Germanic *blāstu, from Proto-Germanic *blēstuz (“blowing, blast”).
Cognate with West Frisian blast (“blast”), dialectal Dutch blast (“stubborn intent, drumming”), obsolete German Blast (“wind, blowing”), German blasen (“to blow”), Dutch blazen (“to blow”), Danish blæst (“wind”), French blaser (“to blunt, dull”). More at blow.

cog

[…] the microphone has been unostentatiously working out its own destiny here and abroad, mainly in America. Evolution seems to be most promising (in the elimination of "microphone blast" and background noises — common faults of the earlier types) in the direction of the electrostatic, or condenser, microphone, […]

1969, The Realist: A Journal of Scientific Humanism, page 67:

(uncountable, broadcasting) Unwanted noise from a microphone.


mosca

From Old Galician-Portuguese mosca, from Latin musca.


mosca

Inherited from Old Spanish mosca, from Latin musca, from a Proto-Indo-European root *mus-, *mu-, *mew-. Compare English midge.

digital on-screen graphic
digital on-screen graphic


barrel

barrels (plural)
barrell (alternative obsolete)

From Middle English barel, from Anglo-Norman baril, Old French baril, bareil (“barrel”), of uncertain origin. An attempt to link baril to Old French barre (“bar, bolt”) (compare Medieval Latin barra (“bar, rod”)) via assumed Vulgar Latin *barrīculum meets the phonological requirement, but fails to connect the word semantically. The alternative connection to Frankish *baril, *beril or Gothic *𐌱𐌴𐍂𐌹𐌻𐍃 (*bērils, “container for transport”), from Proto-Germanic *barilaz, *bērilaz (“barrel, jug, container”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry, transport”), is more plausible as it connects not only the form of the word but also the sense; equivalent to bear + -le. Compare also Old High German biril (“jug, large pot”), Luxembourgish Bärel, Bierel (“jug, pot”), Old Norse berill (“barrel for liquids”), Old English byrla (“barrel of a horse, trunk, body”). More at bear.

vat

round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop

Moreover, it adds to difficulties in adjusting/servicing lamps located over high scenery, ceilings etc., where the barrel networks cannot be lowered or reached.

2013, Gerald Millerson, Lighting for TV and Film, page 325:

The barrel, which is usually from 2.0 m to 2.5 m long, and capable of lifting loads up to 120 kg, is suspended from the main housing which contains the motor gearbox unit, etc.

2013, Brian Fitt, Joe Thornley, Lighting Technology, page 118:

(television) A ceiling-mounted tube from which lights are suspended.


editor

editors (plural)
ed. (alternative abbreviation)
edit. (alternative abbreviation)
Ed. (alternative)
editour (alternative obsolete rare)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-editor.wav

From Medieval Latin ēditor, from Late Latin ēditor, from ēditus, perfect passive participle of ēdō (“give out, put forth, publish”).

(television, cinematography) Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.

монтажи́ст

someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order


bloom

en-noun

bloom (countable and uncountable, plural blooms)

From Middle English blome, from Old Norse blóm, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô (“flower”). Doublet of bloom (“spongy mass of metal”); see there for more.

(television) An undesirable halo effect that may occur when a very bright region is displayed next to a very dark region of the screen.


strand

Origin uncertain. Cognate with Scots stran, strawn, strand (“strand”). Perhaps the same as strand ("rivulet, stream, gutter"; see Etymology 1 above); or from Middle English *stran, from Old French estran (“a rope, cord”), from Middle High German stren, strene (“skein, strand”), from Old High German streno, from Proto-West Germanic *strenō, from Proto-Germanic *strinô (“strip, strand”), from Proto-Indo-European *strēy-, *ster- (“strip, line, streak, ray, stripe, row”); related to Dutch streng (“skein, hank of thread, strand, string”), German Strähne (“skein, hank of thread, strand of hair”). Compare also Old High German stranga (“strand of hair”), modern German Strang (“strand, thread, cord”).

cog

By 1985, the children's strand had been renamed Children's BBC (CBBC by the mid-1990s), which continued to show animation among other programming in a dedicated time slot.

2020, Nichola Dobson, Historical Dictionary of Animation and Cartoons, page 45:

(broadcasting) A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.

sarja

broadcasting:series of programmes on a particular theme


TNT

(television) initialism of television numérique terrestre (“digital OTA (digital over-the-air television)”)


wrap

en-noun

wrap (countable and uncountable, plural wraps)

From Middle English wrappe, from the verb (see above).

This is a news report from the scene of the event. When a voicer and an actuality are combined into one complete story, it's known as a wrap.

2005, Alan R. Stephenson, David E. Reese, Mary E. Beadle, Broadcast Announcing Worktext, page 164:

Attend a news conference, and prepare a wrap or package.

2005, Ted White, Broadcast News: Writing, Reporting, and Producing, page 245:

(television, radio) A complete news report ready for broadcast, incorporating spoken reporting and other material.


rom com

rom coms (plural)
romcom (alternative)
rom-com (alternative)


blimp

Origin not entirely certain. However, most historians believe that it is onomatopoeia for the sound a blimp makes when thumped. Although there is some disagreement among historians, credit for coining the term is usually given to Lt. A. D. Cunningham of the British Royal Navy in 1915.
There is an often repeated, but false, alternative explanation for the term. The erroneous story is that at some time in the early 20th century, the United States military had two classes for airships: Type A-rigid and Type B-limp, hence “blimp”. In fact, A. D. Topping reports on the “Etymology of ‘Blimp’”, in the AAHS Journal, Winter 1963, that:
: “there was no American ‘A-class’ of airships as such—all military aircraft, heavier or lighter-than-air were designated with ‘A’ until the appearance of B-class airships in May 1917. There was an American B airship—but there seems to be no record of any official designation of non-rigids as ‘limp’. Further, according to the Oxford Dictionary, the first appearance of the word in print was in 1916, in England, a year before the first B-class airship.”

onom

onomatopoeia

You can create your own blimp or barney with anything that will deaden the camera noise, such as a changing bag, foam rubber, […]

2015, Peter W. Rea, David K. Irving, Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video, page 209:

(film, television) A soundproof cover for a video camera.


prime

composite

prime element of a mathematical structure

From Middle English prime, from Old French prime and its etymon, Latin prīmus (“first”), from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic *priisemos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“beyond, before”). Doublet of primo and primus.
The noun sense "apostrophe-like symbol" originates from the fact that the symbol ′ was originally a superscript Roman numeral one.

der

Tomlinson, Shawn M. (2015) Going Pro for $200 & How to Choose a Prime Lens, →ISBN, page 72: “By the time I shifted to my first autofocus film SLR with the Pentax PZ-10, primes were considered things of the past”

(film) Contraction of prime lens, a film lens.


master

masters (plural)
maistre (alternative archaic)
Marse (alternative Caribbean US dialectal obsolete)
marse (alternative Caribbean US dialectal obsolete)
mas'r (alternative)
Master (alternative)
mastre (alternative obsolete)
maister (alternative obsolete)
mayster (alternative obsolete)
Massa (alternative)
massa (alternative)
massah (alternative)
massy (alternative)
masta (alternative)
Mastah (alternative)
mastah (alternative)
mastuh (alternative)
measter (alternative UK obsolete pronunciation-spelling)
mester (alternative dialectal)
mister (alternative dialectal)

Sranan Tongo: masra

→ Catalan: màster

→ Finnish: master

→ French: master

→ German: Master

→ Polish: master

→ Portuguese: máster

→ Spanish: máster

→ Turkish: master

From Middle English maister, mayster, meister (noun) and maistren (verb), from Old English mǣster, mæġster, mæġester, mæġister, magister (“master”), from Latin magister (“chief, teacher, leader”), from Old Latin magester, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s, (as in magnus (“great”)) + -ester/-ister (compare minister (“servant”)). Reinforced by Old French maistre, mestre (noun) and maistriier, maister (verb) from the same Latin source. Compare also Saterland Frisian Mäster (“master”), West Frisian master (“master”), Dutch meester (“master”), German Meister (“master”). Doublet of maestro, magister, and meister.

doublet

Southern US, African-American Vernacular, obsolete

use the master's tools to dismantle the master's house

(film) The primary wide shot of a scene, into which the closeups will be edited later.


narrator

Morgan Freeman was the narrator of March of the Penguins.

(film and television) The person providing the voice-over in a documentary.


fill

en-noun

fill (countable and uncountable, plural fills)

From Middle English fille, vülle, fülle, from Old English fyllu, from Proto-West Germanic *fullī, from Proto-Germanic *fullį̄ (“fullness”). Cognate with German Fülle.

(film, television) Ellipsis of fill light.


cena

(theater, film, television, radio) scene (part of a dramatic work)


roger

→ Japanese: ラジャー (rajā)

From Roger, used circa 1940 in UK and US military communication to represent "R" when spelling out a word. "R" is the first letter in received, used to acknowledge understanding a message. "Roger" for "received" was in spoken usage in air traffic radio parlance by 1950.

Pilot: CESSNA TWO THREE FOUR—ROGER—OUT.

(radio telecommunications) Received (used in radio communications to acknowledge that a message has been received and understood)


roger

en-verb

roger (third-person singular simple present rogers, present participle rogering, simple past and past participle rogered)

rogers (present singular third-person)
rogering (participle present)
rogered (participle past)
rogered (past)

The Explorer radio operator rogered receipt of the War Room's signal.

(radio telecommunications, transitive) To acknowledge by saying "roger".


lav

When you’re recording interviews, it’s best to use a lav.

lavalier microphone
lavalier microphone#English

(film, informal) Clipping of lavalier microphone.


spud

From Middle English spudde (“small knife”). Origin unknown; probably related to Danish spyd, Old Norse spjót (“spear”), German Spieß (“spear; spike; skewer”). Compare English spit (“sharp, pointed rod”). The use of the term for a potato was perhaps first used in New Zealand and Australian dialect and slang.

This spigot (spud) is used to support the lamp, and allows it to be turned from side to side. The spud fits into a socket in a bracket (receptable^([sic])) or a C-clamp. This fixture enables you to suspend the lighting fixture from an overhead bar […]

1991, Gerald Millerson, The Technique of Lighting for Television and Film, page 299:

(film, television) A short central rod in a lighting fixture, for attachment to the light.


cutaway

cutaways (plural)
cut-away (alternative)

fraklip

the interruption of a continuously filmed action by inserting a view of something else

the director struggles to jazz up his stilted blocking with clumsy montage cutaways, which are only effective in the upbeat, darkly funny number “Sincerely, Me,” in which Evan dreams up a dance-filled fantasy of his fake friendship with Connor.

2021 September 22, Caroline Siede, “Dear Evan Hansen is a misfire on just about every level”, in AV Club:

(television) The interruption of a continuously filmed action by inserting a view of something else.

Despite a pre-debate “memorandum of understanding” between the Bush campaign and the Kerry campaign that there would be no televised “cutaways” or reaction shots […]

(television) A cut to a shot of person listening to a speaker so that the audience can see the listener's reaction.

plan de coupe

a cut to a shot of person listening to a speaker


مترجم

ar-adj

مُتَرْجَمُونَ

مُتَرْجَمَات

مُتَرْجَم • (mutarjam) (feminine مُتَرْجَمَة (mutarjama), masculine plural مُتَرْجَمُونَ (mutarjamūna), feminine plural مُتَرْجَمَات (mutarjamāt))

مُتَرْجَم (canonical)
mutarjam (romanization)
مُتَرْجَمَة (feminine)
مُتَرْجَمُونَ (masculine plural)
مُتَرْجَمَات (feminine plural)
مُتَرْجَم (indefinite informal masculine singular triptote)
الْمُتَرْجَم (definite informal masculine singular triptote)
مُتَرْجَمَة (ar-infl-a feminine indefinite informal singular triptote)
الْمُتَرْجَمَة (ar-infl-a definite feminine informal singular triptote)
مُتَرْجَمٌ (indefinite masculine nominative singular triptote)
الْمُتَرْجَمُ (definite masculine nominative singular triptote)
مُتَرْجَمَةٌ (ar-infl-a feminine indefinite nominative singular triptote)
الْمُتَرْجَمَةُ (ar-infl-a definite feminine nominative singular triptote)
مُتَرْجَمًا (accusative indefinite masculine singular triptote)
الْمُتَرْجَمَ (accusative definite masculine singular triptote)
مُتَرْجَمَةً (accusative ar-infl-a feminine indefinite singular triptote)
الْمُتَرْجَمَةَ (accusative ar-infl-a definite feminine singular triptote)
مُتَرْجَمٍ (genitive indefinite masculine singular triptote)
الْمُتَرْجَمِ (definite genitive masculine singular triptote)
مُتَرْجَمَةٍ (ar-infl-a feminine genitive indefinite singular triptote)
الْمُتَرْجَمَةِ (ar-infl-a definite feminine genitive singular triptote)
مُتَرْجَمَيْن (dual indefinite informal masculine singular triptote)
الْمُتَرْجَمَيْن (definite dual informal masculine singular triptote)
مُتَرْجَمَتَيْن (ar-infl-a dual feminine indefinite informal singular triptote)
الْمُتَرْجَمَتَيْن (ar-infl-a definite dual feminine informal singular triptote)
مُتَرْجَمَانِ (dual indefinite masculine nominative singular triptote)
الْمُتَرْجَمَانِ (definite dual masculine nominative singular triptote)
مُتَرْجَمَتَانِ (ar-infl-a dual feminine indefinite nominative singular triptote)
الْمُتَرْجَمَتَانِ (ar-infl-a definite dual feminine nominative singular triptote)
مُتَرْجَمَيْنِ (accusative dual indefinite masculine singular triptote)
الْمُتَرْجَمَيْنِ (accusative definite dual masculine singular triptote)
مُتَرْجَمَتَيْنِ (accusative ar-infl-a dual feminine indefinite singular triptote)
الْمُتَرْجَمَتَيْنِ (accusative ar-infl-a definite dual feminine singular triptote)
مُتَرْجَمَيْنِ (dual genitive indefinite masculine singular triptote)
الْمُتَرْجَمَيْنِ (definite dual genitive masculine singular triptote)
مُتَرْجَمَتَيْنِ (ar-infl-a dual feminine genitive indefinite singular triptote)
الْمُتَرْجَمَتَيْنِ (ar-infl-a definite dual feminine genitive singular triptote)
مُتَرْجَمِين (indefinite informal masculine plural sound-form)
الْمُتَرْجَمِين (definite informal masculine plural sound-form)
مُتَرْجَمَات (feminine indefinite informal plural sound-form)
الْمُتَرْجَمَات (definite feminine informal plural sound-form)
مُتَرْجَمُونَ (indefinite masculine nominative plural sound-form)
الْمُتَرْجَمُونَ (definite masculine nominative plural sound-form)
مُتَرْجَمَاتٌ (feminine indefinite nominative plural sound-form)
الْمُتَرْجَمَاتُ (definite feminine nominative plural sound-form)
مُتَرْجَمِينَ (accusative indefinite masculine plural sound-form)
الْمُتَرْجَمِينَ (accusative definite masculine plural sound-form)
مُتَرْجَمَاتٍ (accusative feminine indefinite plural sound-form)
الْمُتَرْجَمَاتِ (accusative definite feminine plural sound-form)
مُتَرْجَمِينَ (genitive indefinite masculine plural sound-form)
الْمُتَرْجَمِينَ (definite genitive masculine plural sound-form)
مُتَرْجَمَاتٍ (feminine genitive indefinite plural sound-form)
الْمُتَرْجَمَاتِ (definite feminine genitive plural sound-form)

Derived from the passive participle of the verb تَرْجَمَ (tarjama, “to translate”), from the root ت ر ج م (t r j m).


bloop

en-verb

bloop (third-person singular simple present bloops, present participle blooping, simple past and past participle blooped)

bloops (present singular third-person)
blooping (participle present)
blooped (participle past)
blooped (past)

onom

Imitative

Optical track can be blooped by using blooping tape, which is available from motion picture equipment dealers.

1979, John Mercer, An Introduction to Cinematography, page 96:

(television, transitive) To cover up splices in a soundtrack tape to eliminate the unwanted noise they may produce.


cam

From English cam, a shortening of camera.

(cinematography) cam (device for filming)


dipole

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dor

az-noun

dor (definite accusative doru, plural dorlar)

doru (accusative definite)
dorlar (plural)
dor (nominative singular)
dorlar (nominative plural)
doru (accusative definite singular)
dorları (accusative definite plural)
dora (dative singular)
dorlara (dative plural)
dorda (locative singular)
dorlarda (locative plural)
dordan (ablative singular)
dorlardan (ablative plural)
dorun (definite genitive singular)
dorların (definite genitive plural)
dorum (first-person nominative possessive singular)
dorlarım (first-person nominative possessive singular)
dorun (nominative possessive second-person singular)
dorların (nominative possessive second-person singular)
doru (nominative possessive singular third-person)
dorları (nominative possessive singular third-person)
dorumuz (first-person nominative plural possessive)
dorlarımız (first-person nominative plural possessive)
dorunuz (nominative plural possessive second-person)
dorlarınız (nominative plural possessive second-person)
doru (nominative plural possessive third-person)
dorları (nominative plural possessive third-person)
dorumu (accusative first-person possessive singular)
dorlarımı (accusative first-person possessive singular)
dorunu (accusative possessive second-person singular)
dorlarını (accusative possessive second-person singular)
dorunu (accusative possessive singular third-person)
dorlarını (accusative possessive singular third-person)
dorumuzu (accusative first-person plural possessive)
dorlarımızı (accusative first-person plural possessive)
dorunuzu (accusative plural possessive second-person)
dorlarınızı (accusative plural possessive second-person)
dorunu (accusative plural possessive third-person)
dorlarını (accusative plural possessive third-person)
doruma (dative first-person possessive singular)
dorlarıma (dative first-person possessive singular)
doruna (dative possessive second-person singular)
dorlarına (dative possessive second-person singular)
doruna (dative possessive singular third-person)
dorlarına (dative possessive singular third-person)
dorumuza (dative first-person plural possessive)
dorlarımıza (dative first-person plural possessive)
dorunuza (dative plural possessive second-person)
dorlarınıza (dative plural possessive second-person)
doruna (dative plural possessive third-person)
dorlarına (dative plural possessive third-person)
dorumda (first-person locative possessive singular)
dorlarımda (first-person locative possessive singular)
dorunda (locative possessive second-person singular)
dorlarında (locative possessive second-person singular)
dorunda (locative possessive singular third-person)
dorlarında (locative possessive singular third-person)
dorumuzda (first-person locative plural possessive)
dorlarımızda (first-person locative plural possessive)
dorunuzda (locative plural possessive second-person)
dorlarınızda (locative plural possessive second-person)
dorunda (locative plural possessive third-person)
dorlarında (locative plural possessive third-person)
dorumdan (ablative first-person possessive singular)
dorlarımdan (ablative first-person possessive singular)
dorundan (ablative possessive second-person singular)
dorlarından (ablative possessive second-person singular)
dorundan (ablative possessive singular third-person)
dorlarından (ablative possessive singular third-person)
dorumuzdan (ablative first-person plural possessive)
dorlarımızdan (ablative first-person plural possessive)
dorunuzdan (ablative plural possessive second-person)
dorlarınızdan (ablative plural possessive second-person)
dorundan (ablative plural possessive third-person)
dorlarından (ablative plural possessive third-person)
dorumun (first-person genitive possessive singular)
dorlarımın (first-person genitive possessive singular)
dorunun (genitive possessive second-person singular)
dorlarının (genitive possessive second-person singular)
dorunun (genitive possessive singular third-person)
dorlarının (genitive possessive singular third-person)
dorumuzun (first-person genitive plural possessive)
dorlarımızın (first-person genitive plural possessive)
dorunuzun (genitive plural possessive second-person)
dorlarınızın (genitive plural possessive second-person)
dorunun (genitive plural possessive third-person)
dorlarının (genitive plural possessive third-person)


iris

irises (plural)
iris (plural)
irides (plural)

From Middle English [Term?], from Latin īris, from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris, “rainbow”). Presuming an earlier form *ϝῖρις (*wîris), possibly from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *w(e)ih₁-ro- (“a twist, thread, cord, wire”), from *weh₁y- (“to turn, twist, weave, plait”). If so, it would be cognate to English wire.

der

(photography, cinematography) A diaphragm used to regulate the size of a hole, especially as a way of controlling the amount of light reaching a lens.


iris

Borrowed from Dutch iris (“iris”), from Middle French iris, from Latin īris, from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris).

(anatomy, photography, cinematography) iris


loge

→ German: Loge

→ Dutch: loge

→ Macedonian: ложа (loža)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: losje

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: losje

→ Polish: loża

→ Russian: ло́жа (lóža)

→ Persian: لژ (lož)

→ Swedish: loge

→ Ukrainian: ло́жа (lóža)

Inherited from Middle French loge, from Old French loge. The Masonic sense developed under influence from English lodge.

etymon

(theater, television) dressing room (a room in a theatre or other performance venue in which performers may change costumes and apply makeup)


mire

Borrowed from Italian mira, from Latin mīrō (“to wonder at”).


nodder

(television) Synonym of noddy (“cutaway scene of an interviewer nodding”).


tenner

The basic 10K, known as a tenner or studio 10K, has a 20-inch fresnel. The big daddy of the group is the Big Eye tenner, which has a 24-inch lens.

2008, Blain Brown, Motion Picture and Video Lighting, page 11:

(film, slang) A kind of 10-kilowatt lamp.


banner

From Middle English baner, from Old French baniere (Modern bannière), of Germanic origin. More at band.

(Internet, television) A type of advertisement on a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content.


brute

From Middle French brut, from Old French brut, from Latin brūtus (“dull, stupid, insensible”), an Oscan loanword, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús), Persian گران (gerân) and Sanskrit गुरु (gurú) (English guru).

der

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-bruit.wav

For a scene like the Highgate exhumation night sequence suitable equipment would consist of: two brutes on Molevators, three 10 K lights also on Molevators and, for good measure, two 5 Ks, four 2 Ks, two pups (1000 W), two North lights […]

1976, A. Arthur Englander, Paul Petzold, Filming for Television, page 191:

At the other extreme, with limitless budgets all they have to do is dream up amazing lighting rigs to be constructed and operated by the huge team of gaffers and sparks, with their generators, discharge lights, flags, gobos and brutes.

1999, Des Lyver, Graham Swainson, Basics of Video Lighting, page 103:

(film, television) A kind of powerful spotlight.


dolly

Welsh: doli

From doll + -y, from the given name Dorothy, originally applied either to a woman or female pet or to a children's toy, and expanded to refer to various types of contrivances or devices. The Online Etymology Dictionary, while considering the reason for applying it to such devices unobvious, compares how the names jack, jenny and jimmy are also applied to devices.

rattaat

term not specific to bridge construction

(film) A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted.


drift

en-noun

drift (countable and uncountable, plural drifts)

From Middle English drift, dryft (“act of driving, drove, shower of rain or snow, impulse”), from Old English *drift (“drift”), from Proto-Germanic *driftiz (“drift”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Equivalent to drive + -t; cognate with North Frisian drift (“drift”), Saterland Frisian Drift (“current, flow, stream, drift”), Dutch drift (“drift, passion, urge”), German Drift (“drift”) and Trift (“drove, pasture”), Danish drift (“impulse, instinct”), Swedish drift (“impulse, instinct”), Icelandic drift (“drift, snow-drift”).

cog

There is another form of drift when playing in a scene with other actors.

1970, Michael Pate, The Film Actor: Acting for Motion Pictures and Television, page 64:

(uncountable, film) The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.


elimination

en-noun

elimination (countable and uncountable, plural eliminations)

(television) The act of voting off or throwing off a contestant in a reality television competition.


extra

(acting) A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.


extra

(film) extra; walk-on (actor in a small role with no dialogue)


gritty

en-adj

gritty (comparative grittier, superlative grittiest)

grittier (comparative)
grittiest (superlative)

(film, literature) Intense and starkly realistic; depicting harsh reality, especially violence.

drsný

intense and starkly realistic, especially if violent


incrustation

From Latin incrustātiōnem (“encrustation”).


mime

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch mime, from French mime, from Latin mimus, from Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos).


premise

premises (plural)
premiss (alternative)
præmise (alternative archaic)
præmiss (alternative archaic)

From Middle English premise, premisse, from Old French premisse, from Medieval Latin premissa (“set before”) (premissa propositio (“the proposition set before”)), feminine past participle of Latin praemittere (“to send or put before”), from prae- (“before”) + mittere (“to send”).
The sense "a piece of real estate" arose from the misinterpretation of the word by property owners while reading title deeds where the word was used with the legal sense.

der

In 1949, the simple premise of discovering ordinary people who have hidden, extraordinary talents came to prominence in the UK with Opportunity Knocks, which started out as a nationwide touring radio show, before moving onto TV in 1956.

2021 September 15, Laura Martin, “How talent shows became TV's most bizarre programmes”, in BBC:

(authorship) The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.


prise

→ Dutch: prise

→ Greek: πρίζα (príza)

→ Persian: پریز (periz)

→ Romanian: priză

→ Turkish: priz


redress

en-verb

redress (third-person singular simple present redresses, present participle redressing, simple past and past participle redressed)

redresses (present singular third-person)
redressing (participle present)
redressed (participle past)
redressed (past)
re-dress (alternative)

Meanwhile the actors rearranged themselves into a different blocking, as the prop department redressed the set.

1989, American Cinematographer, volume 70, Hollywood, Calif.: ASC Holding Corp., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 90:

[Val] Lewton would redress standing sets, turning a church into an insane asylum or the staircase for Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons into the staircase for the young girl's apartment in Cat People. […] [Y]ou should be thinking about trying to reuse every location you have as another location, either by using another room or another angle or re-dressing what's already there.

2004, Michael P. DiPaolo, “How to be a Guerrilla Filmmaker”, in The Six Day Horror Movie: A No-Nonsense Guide to No-Budget Filmmaking, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 120:

(film) To redecorate a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.


redress

redresses (plural)
re-dress (alternative)

The Honeydukes set in this film is a redress of the set of Flourish and Blotts that was seen in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, which, in turn, was a redress of the Ollivander's set from the first film.

c.''' 2008, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”, in Wikipedians, editors, Harry Potter: The Complete Guide, [Mainz, Germany]: PediaPress, page 595:

(film) The redecoration of a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.


reel

From Middle English reel, reele, from Old English rēol, hrēol, from Proto-West Germanic *hrehul, from Proto-Germanic *hrehulaz, *hrahilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“to weave, beat”). Cognate with Icelandic ræl, hræll.

der

(film) A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.


scene

scenes (plural)
scæne (alternative archaic)

From Late Middle English scene, from Middle French scene, borrowed from Latin sc(a)ena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”). Doublet of scena and skene.

The play is divided into three acts, and in total twenty-five scenes.

The most moving scene is the final one, where he realizes he has wasted his whole life.

There were some very erotic scenes in the movie, although it was not classified as pornography.

Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.

1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Affair at the Novelty Theatre”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:

(theater, film, television, radio) A part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time. In the theatre, generally a number of scenes constitute an act.

տեսարան

(theater, film, television, radio) part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time


scene

scene! (canonical)
scæne (alternative archaic)

Near-synonym: cut!

(film and television) A notice to actors that their performance has ended


stray

From Middle English stray, strey, from Anglo-Norman estray, stray, Old French estrai, from the verb (see below).

This invention relates broadly to radio communication, but more particularly to a radio receiving system used for the reception of high frequency current signals wherever they are subject to interference from "static" or strays of an untuned or aperiodic character.

1926, Popular Radio, volume 9, page 191:

Because of their shortness, such signals are usually easy to distinguish from the bomb returns but, when such a stray is recorded just before the bomb return, too close to be distinguished by ear […]

1942, John C. Mathisson, Radio Acoustic Ranging, page 652:

Electromagnetic interference EMI, radio interference RI, television interference TVI, and radio frequency interference RFI, can all be described as a confusion to received radio signals due to strays and undesirable signals.

1976, IEEE Power Engineering Society, Nuclear Power: Health, Safety, Waste Disposal, page 20:

(radio) An instance of atmospheric interference.


tally

(US)

(Air Traffic Control): Speedbird 123, New York, traffic at two o’clock, seven miles, a Boeing 737, west-bound, at 4000 feet.

(Pilot): New York, Speedbird 123, tally.


vestige

From French vestige, from Latin vestīgium (“footstep, footprint, track, the sole of the foot, a trace, mark”).

[J]ust a trace, or vestige, of the other sideband is included. In the receiver detection circuitry the vestige of the lower sideband is added to the upper sideband.

2003, Tarmo Anttalainen, Introduction to Telecommunications Network Engineering, page 133:

(television, radio) The remaining portion of a partially suppressed sideband.


mai

(anime, manga, fandom slang, Internet slang) Alternative form of my (used in the expressions mai waifu and mai husbando)


jerk off

en-noun

jerk off (countable and uncountable, plural jerk offs)

jerk offs (plural)
J-O (alternative abbreviation)
J/O (alternative abbreviation)

He became one of the industry's top horsemen, specializing in Running Ws, pit falls, and cable jerk-offs.

2014, Gene Scott Freese, Hollywood Stunt Performers, 1910s-1970s:

(film) A stunt in which the performer is suddenly pulled off a horse, etc. by means of a cable.


trip

trip (nominative singular)
tripy (nominative plural)
tripu (genitive singular)
tripów (genitive plural)
tripowi (dative singular)
tripom (dative plural)
trip (accusative singular)
tripy (accusative plural)
tripem (instrumental singular)
tripami (instrumental plural)
tripie (locative singular)
tripach (locative plural)
tripie (singular vocative)
tripy (plural vocative)

(film) movie with phantasmagoric images and scenes


triptych

triptychs (plural)
triptich (alternative)

From Ancient Greek τρίπτυχος (tríptukhos, “consisting of three layers, threefold”), from τρι- (tri-) + πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “a fold”).

uder

Hieronymus Bosch
The Garden of Earthly Delights
triptych

The centerpiece of the show is a poised, luminous, tender, and diabolically clever video installation, “Le Triptyque de Noirmoutier” (The Noirmoutier Triptych), which Varda shot on 35-mm. film[…]. The man gets himself a bottle of beer; the older woman heads with dishes from the sink toward the cupboard—and crosses the dividing line of the triptych exactly like crossing a threshold.

2017 March 27, Richard Brody, “Agnès Varda’s Art of Being There”, in The New Yorker:

(by extension) A group of three people or works, especially when considered representative of a particular field or theme.

(film) A film or video sequence intended to be shown on a triple screen with the use of linked projectors.


PTA

The result is a film that certainly does amaze, and bears several of the PTA hallmarks: breathtaking confidence, a love of acting and of visual beauty, and an exceptional grasp of the art of storytelling.

2008 January 4, Ed Pilkington, “'Tell the story! Tell the story!'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Paul Thomas Anderson
w:Paul Thomas Anderson

(film) Initialism of Paul Thomas Anderson, American filmmaker.


SF

Schweizer Fernsehen
w:Schweizer Fernsehen

(historical, broadcasting) initialism of Schweizer Fernsehen, the Swiss-German television channel


संधि

saṃdhí (romanization)
संधिः (nominative singular)
संधी (dual nominative)
संधयः (nominative plural)
संधिम् (accusative singular)
संधी (accusative dual)
संधीन् (accusative plural)
संधिना (instrumental singular)
संधिभ्याम् (dual instrumental)
संधिभिः (instrumental plural)
संधये (dative singular)
संधिभ्याम् (dative dual)
संधिभ्यः (dative plural)
संधेः (ablative singular)
संधिभ्याम् (ablative dual)
संधिभ्यः (ablative plural)
संधेः (genitive singular)
संध्योः (dual genitive)
संधीनाम् (genitive plural)
संधौ (locative singular)
संध्योः (dual locative)
संधिषु (locative plural)
संधे (singular vocative)
संधी (dual vocative)
संधयः (plural vocative)
सन्धि (alternative)

→ English: sandhi

→ Marathi: संधी (sandhī)

Pali: sandhi

→ Tamil: சந்தி (canti)


hitchhike

hitchhikes (plural)
hitch-hike (alternative)

There are just too many diseases for each to have its own special organization, complete with radio hitchhikes, sponsored ads, expensive brochures, pledge cards, team captains and collection envelopes.

1952, Frank Emerson Andrews, Corporation Giving, page 183:

(radio, advertising) Alternative form of hitchhiker (“advertisement at the end of a programme”).


terrestrial

aerial

antonym(s) of “of, made of, related to, or living or growing on land”

celestial

antonym(s) of “concerned with the world”

/tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/

/tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/

/təˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/

/tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/

From Middle English terrestrialle, from terrestre or Latin terrestris, from terra (“land, earth, ground”), with the suffix -al.

(broadcasting) Broadcast using radio waves as opposed to satellite or cable.


channel

→ Japanese: チャンネル (channeru)

→ Korean: 채널 (chaeneol)

→ Welsh: sianel

From Middle English chanel (also as canel, cannel, kanel), a borrowing from Old French chanel, canel, from Latin canālis (“groove; canal; channel”). Doublet of canal.

kanal

communication: single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation

kanal

KNDD is the channel at 107.7 MHz in Seattle.

(broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.

NBC is on channel 11 in San Jose.

2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi
TV back then was five channels (three networks, PBS, and an independent station that ran I Love Lucy reruns), […]

(broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.

kanaal

broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television


colossal

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from colossal. First attested in 1986.

(film, theater) high-budget film or play with a high production value, ensemble cast, etc.


variety

en-noun

variety (countable and uncountable, plural varieties)

varieties (plural)
variete (alternative)
varietie (alternative)
variëty (alternative)

From Middle French varieté (“variety”) (modern French variété (“variety; genre, type”)) or directly from its etymon Latin varietās (“difference; diversity, variety”) + English -ty (suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives); by surface analysis, various + -ety. Varietās is derived from varius (“different, diverse, various; variegated”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to abandon; to give out; to leave”)) + -tās (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being). The English word displaced the native Old English mislīcnes.
Sense 1.3.2 (“total number of distinct states of a system; logarithm to the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system”) was coined by the English psychiatrist William Ross Ashby (1903–1972) in his work An Introduction to Cybernetics (1956).
Cognates
* Galician variedade (“variety”)
* Italian varietà (“difference; variety”)
* Portuguese variedade (“variety”)
* Spanish variedad (“breed; variety”)

der

(radio, television, theater) Ellipsis of variety performance or variety show (“a type of entertainment featuring a succession of short, unrelated performances by various artistes such as (depending on the medium) acrobats, comedians, dancers, magicians, singers, etc.”).

variety performance
variety performance#English

variety performance or variety show

(radio, television, theater) The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.


prompt

en-verb

prompt (third-person singular simple present prompts, present participle prompting, simple past and past participle prompted)

prompts (present singular third-person)
prompting (participle present)
prompted (participle past)
prompted (past)

The adjective is from Middle English prompte, from Middle French prompt and its etymon Latin prōmptus (“visible, apparent, evident”), past participle of prōmō (“to take or bring out or forth, produce, bring to light”), from prō (“forth, forward”) + emō (“to take, acquire, buy”). Doublet of pronto.
The verb is from Middle English prompen, apparently from the adjective. The noun is from the verb.

der

If he forgets his words I will prompt him.

(transitive, theater and television) To show or tell (an actor/person) the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing.

sufloj

to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing


heat wave

heat waves (plural)
heatwave (alternative)

(idiomatic) A period of exceptionally hot weather.

(US, weather broadcasting) Three consecutive days with daytime high temperature of 90 degrees Fahrenheit or higher.

(UK, weather broadcasting) A period of at least three consecutive days with daily high temperatures of the respective county's temperature threshold or higher.


atelier

pl-noun

atelier n (indeclinable, related adjective atelierowy)

Unadapted borrowing from French atelier.


MGM

(film) Initialism of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, a US movie studio.


RSI

Radio svizzera di lingua italiana
w:Radio svizzera di lingua italiana

(historical, broadcasting) initialism of Radio svizzera di lingua italiana, the Swiss-Italian radio station

w:Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana

(broadcasting) initialism of Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana, the Swiss-Italian public service broadcaster


grinder

From Middle English grinder, grindere, from Old English grindere (“one or that which grinds; grinder”), equivalent to grind + -er.

inh

(radio, informal) Atmospheric interference producing a roaring background noise.


satellite

en-verb

satellite (third-person singular simple present satellites, present participle satelliting, simple past and past participle satellited)

satellites (present singular third-person)
satelliting (participle present)
satellited (participle past)
satellited (past)

From Middle French satellite, from Latin satelles (“attendant”). Ultimately perhaps of Etruscan origin.

It had to speed up its efforts to participate in the international satellite television market. In the summer of 1986 it began satelliting TV programs to Africa, and in early 1987, to Asia and twenty countries in Latin America […]

1997, Alvin A. Snyder, Warriors of Disinformation, page 160:

(broadcasting, transitive) To transmit by satellite.


actio

la-noun

āctiō f (genitive āctiōnis); third declension

āctiō (canonical feminine)
āctiōnis (genitive)
āctiō (nominative singular)
āctiōnēs (nominative plural)
āctiōnis (genitive singular)
āctiōnum (genitive plural)
āctiōnī (dative singular)
āctiōnibus (dative plural)
āctiōnem (accusative singular)
āctiōnēs (accusative plural)
āctiōne (ablative singular)
āctiōnibus (ablative plural)
āctiō (singular vocative)
āctiōnēs (plural vocative)

→ Asturian: aición, aciu

→ Belarusian: а́кцыя (ákcyja)

→ Catalan: acció

→ Corsican: azzione, azzioni

→ Czech: akce

→ Dutch: actie

→ German: Aktie

→ Danish: aktie

→ Malay: aksi

→ Friulian: azion

→ Galician: acción

→ Georgian: აქცია (akcia)

→ German: Aktion

→ Italian: azione

→ Ladin: azion

→ Ladino: aksión

→ Occitan: accion

→ Old French: action

desctree

→ Middle English: accioun, accion, accyon, accyoune, acsyon, action, actioun
English: action
→ Arabic: أَكْشِن (ʔakšin)
→ Bulgarian: екшън (ekšǎn)
→ German: Action
→ Irish: aicsean
→ Hebrew: אקשן (akshn)
→ Japanese: アクション (akushon)
→ Korean: 액션 (aeksyeon)
→ Russian: экшн (ekšn)
Scots: action

French: action

→ Romanian: acțiune

→ Piedmontese: assion

→ Polish: akcja, akcyja (Middle Polish), akcya (pre-reform orthography (1816)) (learned)
→ Kashubian: akcjô

→ Portuguese: ação

→ Russian: а́кция (ákcija)

→ Serbo-Croatian: а̀кција, àkcija

→ Sicilian: azziuni, azzioni

→ Maltese: azzjoni

→ Spanish: acción

→ Ukrainian: а́кція (ákcija)

From āctum + -tiō, using the supine of agō (“do, make”).

(drama) the action, plot, series of events


actio

cy-verb

actio (first-person singular present actiaf)

actiaf (first-person present singular)
actiaf (first-person future indicative present singular)
ecti (future indicative present second-person singular)
actia (future indicative present singular third-person)
actiwn (first-person future indicative plural present)
ectiwch (future indicative plural present second-person)
actiwch (future indicative plural present second-person)
actiant (future indicative plural present third-person)
ectir (future impersonal indicative present)
actiwn (conditional first-person singular)
actiwn (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
ectit (conditional second-person singular)
ectit (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
actiai (conditional singular third-person)
actiai (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
actiem (conditional first-person plural)
actiem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
actiech (conditional plural second-person)
actiech (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
actient (conditional plural third-person)
actient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
ectid (conditional impersonal)
ectid (imperfect impersonal indicative)
ectiais (first-person preterite singular)
ectiaist (preterite second-person singular)
actiodd (preterite singular third-person)
actiasom (first-person plural preterite)
actiasoch (plural preterite second-person)
actiasant (plural preterite third-person)
actiwyd (impersonal preterite)
actiaswn (first-person pluperfect singular)
actiasit (pluperfect second-person singular)
actiasai (pluperfect singular third-person)
actiasem (first-person pluperfect plural)
actiasech (pluperfect plural second-person)
actiasent (pluperfect plural third-person)
actiasid (impersonal pluperfect)
actiesid (impersonal pluperfect)
actiwyf (first-person present singular subjunctive)
ectiech (present second-person singular subjunctive)
actio (present singular subjunctive third-person)
actiom (first-person plural present subjunctive)
actioch (plural present second-person subjunctive)
actiont (plural present subjunctive third-person)
actier (impersonal present subjunctive)
actia (imperative second-person singular)
actied (imperative singular third-person)
actiwn (first-person imperative plural)
ectiwch (imperative plural second-person)
actiwch (imperative plural second-person)
actient (imperative plural third-person)
actier (imperative impersonal)
actio (noun-from-verb)
actiedig (participle)
actiadwy (participle)
actia i (first-person future singular)
actiaf i (first-person future singular)
acti di (future second-person singular)
actith o (future singular third-person)
e (future singular third-person)
hi (future singular third-person)
actiff e (future singular third-person)
actiwn ni (first-person future plural)
actiwch chi (future plural second-person)
actian nhw (future plural third-person)
actiwn i (conditional first-person singular)
actswn i (conditional first-person singular)
actiet ti (conditional second-person singular)
actset ti (conditional second-person singular)
actiai fo (conditional singular third-person)
fe (conditional singular third-person)
hi (conditional singular third-person)
actsai fo (conditional singular third-person)
actien ni (conditional first-person plural)
actsen ni (conditional first-person plural)
actiech chi (conditional plural second-person)
actsech chi (conditional plural second-person)
actien nhw (conditional plural third-person)
actsen nhw (conditional plural third-person)
actiais i (first-person preterite singular)
acties i (first-person preterite singular)
actiaist ti (preterite second-person singular)
actiest ti (preterite second-person singular)
actiodd o (preterite singular third-person)
e (preterite singular third-person)
hi (preterite singular third-person)
action ni (first-person plural preterite)
actioch chi (plural preterite second-person)
action nhw (plural preterite third-person)
actia (imperative second-person singular)
actiwch (imperative plural second-person)
actio
hactio (prothesis-h)


rock and roll

/ˈɹɒk ən(d)ˈɹəʊl/

From rock (move back and forth) + and + roll; originally a verb phrase common among African Americans, meaning "to have sexual intercourse"; it was an euphemism that appeared in song titles since at least 1914 (Trixie Smith's "My Man Rocks Me With One Steady Roll").
As a name for a specific style of popular music from the early 1950s, popularized by disc jockey Alan Freed in reference to the euphemistic use in song titles.

rock-and-roll (alternative)
rock'n'roll (alternative)
rock 'n' roll (alternative)
rock n roll (alternative)
rock 'n roll (alternative)
rock-n-roll (alternative)
rock-'n'-roll (alternative)
rock & roll (alternative)

The dubbing theatre is a viewing theatre equipped for running the picture with a great many tracks interlocked to run synchronously. Once laced up, they can be run forwards or backwards remaining in synch; when it was first introduced this system was given the name 'rock and roll'.

2004, Robert Angell, Getting Into Films & Television, page 56:

It is very rare that an entire commentary is recorded in one take. If you need to stop for some reason — the performance isn't quite right, there's a rustle of papers, etc — you can always go back on the recording and pick it up from the point at which it went wrong. This is known as rock and roll.

2012, Colin Hart, Television Program Making, page 196:

An alternative method is the use of ADR (automated dialogue replacement), which consists basically of a high speed rock and roll dubbing system and a programmable locating device.

2014, K. G. Jackson, G. B. Townsend, TV & Video Engineer's Reference Book, pages 38–7:

(film, television) The ability to run the picture and audio back and forth in synchronization, allowing the correction of mistakes during dubbing.