"feature film" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: feature films [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} feature film (plural feature films)
  1. The main, full-length film in a cinema program that also included a short film and often a newsreel. As of now, it plays after the trailers. Categories (topical): Cinematography, Film Translations (the main, full-length film in a cinema program): hoofdfilm [masculine] (Dutch), kokoillan elokuva (Finnish), pitkä elokuva (Finnish), long métrage [masculine] (French), სრულმეტრაჟიანი ფილმი (srulmeṭražiani pilmi) (Georgian), Hauptfilm [masculine] (German), nagyjátékfilm (Hungarian), egész estét betöltő film (Hungarian), egész estés film (Hungarian), príomhscannán [masculine] (Irish), scannán lánfhada [masculine] (Irish), 長編映画 (chōhen eiga) (alt: ちょうへんえいが) (Japanese), filem cetera (Malay), ard-fillym [masculine] (Manx), longa-metragem [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), lung metraj [neuter] (Romanian), film de lung metraj [neuter] (Romanian), полнометра́жный фильм (polnometrážnyj filʹm) [masculine] (Russian), largometraje [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-feature_film-en-noun-xzuhKbV1 Disambiguation of Cinematography: 69 31 Disambiguation of Film: 66 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 68 32 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 63 37 Disambiguation of 'the main, full-length film in a cinema program': 87 13
  2. (by extension) Any film produced to be shown in cinemas before being released for home viewing. Tags: broadly Related terms: short film, theatrical film, feature-length Translations (film shown in cinemas before being released for home viewing): speelfilm [masculine] (Dutch), avondvullende film [masculine] (Dutch), teatterielokuva (Finnish), long métrage [masculine] (French), მხატვრული ფილმი (mxaṭvruli pilmi) (Georgian), játékfilm (Hungarian), mozifilm (Hungarian), príomhscannán [masculine] (Irish), scannán lánfhada [masculine] (Irish), フィーチャー映画 (fīchā eiga) (Japanese), ard-fillym [masculine] (Manx), film pełnometrażowy [masculine] (Polish), худо́жественный фильм (xudóžestvennyj filʹm) [masculine] (Russian), игрово́й фильм (igrovój filʹm) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-feature_film-en-noun-AxYggrQJ Disambiguation of 'film shown in cinemas before being released for home viewing': 15 85

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