"talking picture" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: talking pictures [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} talking picture (plural talking pictures)
  1. (cinematography, dated) A motion picture that features an audio accompaniment, thus allowing the characters' speech to be heard by the audience (as well as a musical score). Tags: dated Categories (topical): Cinematography Synonyms: talkie, talking film, talking movie Hypernyms: film, movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, picture show Coordinate_terms: silent film
    Sense id: en-talking_picture-en-noun-ynuYvy~V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: broadcasting, cinematography, film, media, television

Inflected forms

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