"silent film" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: silent films [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} silent film (countable and uncountable, plural silent films)
  1. (cinematography, retronym) A film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue. Wikipedia link: silent film Tags: countable, retronym, uncountable Categories (topical): Cinematography Synonyms: photoplay [contemporary] Translations (film without sound): سِينِمَا صَامِتَة (sīnimā ṣāmita) [feminine] (Arabic), pel·lícula muda (Catalan), 無聲電影 (Chinese Mandarin), 无声电影 (wúshēng diànyǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), němý film [masculine] (Czech), stumfilm [common-gender] (Danish), stomme film [masculine] (Dutch), mykkäelokuva (Finnish), film muet [masculine] (French), Stummfilm [masculine] (German), βωβός κινηματογράφος (vovós kinimatográfos) [masculine] (Greek), némafilm (Hungarian), scannán tostach [masculine] (Irish), サイレント映画 (sairento-eiga) (Japanese), filem bisu (Malay), film niemy [masculine] (Polish), filme mudo [masculine] (Portuguese), film mut [neuter] (Romanian), немой фильм (nemoj filʹm) [masculine] (Russian), cine mudo [masculine] (Spanish), stumfilm [common-gender] (Swedish), sessiz film (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-silent_film-en-noun-ohOHL8-o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English retronyms Topics: broadcasting, cinematography, film, media, television

Inflected forms

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