"pellicula" meaning in Latin

See pellicula in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [pɛlˈlɪ.kʊ.ɫa] [Classical-Latin], [pelˈliː.ku.la] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From pellis (“skin, hide”) + -cula (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:af|pellis|-culus<alt:-cula>}}, {{af|la|pellis|-culus|alt2=-cula|gloss1=skin, hide|pos2=diminutive suffix}} pellis (“skin, hide”) + -cula (diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{la-noun|pellicula<1>}} pellicula f (genitive pelliculae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|pellicula<1>}} Forms: pelliculae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], pellicula [nominative, singular], pelliculae [nominative, plural], pelliculae [genitive, singular], pelliculārum [genitive, plural], pelliculae [dative, singular], pelliculīs [dative, plural], pelliculam [accusative, singular], pelliculās [accusative, plural], pelliculā [ablative, singular], pelliculīs [ablative, plural], pellicula [singular, vocative], pelliculae [plural, vocative]
  1. diminutive of pellis (“skin, hide”) Tags: declension-1, diminutive, feminine, form-of Form of: pellis (extra: skin, hide)
    Sense id: en-pellicula-la-noun-VdqdLLcO Categories (other): Mass media Disambiguation of Mass media: 41 29 29
  2. a female prostitute Tags: declension-1, feminine Synonyms: scortum
    Sense id: en-pellicula-la-noun-stH5kLYa Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Mass media Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 27 53 19 Disambiguation of Mass media: 41 29 29
  3. (New Latin) movie, film, video Tags: New-Latin, declension-1, feminine Synonyms: taeniola
    Sense id: en-pellicula-la-noun-ioF3BWqN Categories (other): New Latin, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -culus, Mass media Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 14 5 81 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -culus: 29 14 57 Disambiguation of Mass media: 41 29 29

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "pelleya"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "pelleyu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "pel·lícula"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "pellicle"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "peliculă"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "pellicule"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing"
      ],
      "word": "pelella"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "película"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "semi-learned borrowing",
        "semi-learned"
      ],
      "word": "pellicola"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "película"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "pelleja"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Chavacano",
          "lang_code": "cbk",
          "word": "pelicula"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "pelikula"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "lang_code": "ceb",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "pelikula"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Hiligaynon",
          "lang_code": "hil",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "pelikula"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ilocano",
          "lang_code": "ilo",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "pelikula"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "lang_code": "tl",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "pelikula"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "película"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "pellis",
        "4": "-culus<alt:-cula>"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pellis",
        "3": "-culus",
        "alt2": "-cula",
        "gloss1": "skin, hide",
        "pos2": "diminutive suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "pellis (“skin, hide”) + -cula (diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pellis (“skin, hide”) + -cula (diminutive suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pelliculae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pellicula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pelliculae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pelliculae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pelliculārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pelliculae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pelliculīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pelliculam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pelliculās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pelliculā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pelliculīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pellicula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pelliculae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pellicula<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "pellicula f (genitive pelliculae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pellicula<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "41 29 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Mass media",
          "orig": "la:Mass media",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "skin, hide",
          "word": "pellis"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diminutive of pellis (“skin, hide”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-pellicula-la-noun-VdqdLLcO",
      "links": [
        [
          "pellis",
          "pellis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "diminutive",
        "feminine",
        "form-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 53 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 29 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Mass media",
          "orig": "la:Mass media",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female prostitute"
      ],
      "id": "en-pellicula-la-noun-stH5kLYa",
      "links": [
        [
          "prostitute",
          "prostitute"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "scortum"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "New Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 5 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 14 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -culus",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 29 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Mass media",
          "orig": "la:Mass media",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "movie, film, video"
      ],
      "id": "en-pellicula-la-noun-ioF3BWqN",
      "links": [
        [
          "movie",
          "movie"
        ],
        [
          "film",
          "film"
        ],
        [
          "video",
          "video"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(New Latin) movie, film, video"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "taeniola"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin",
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[pɛlˈlɪ.kʊ.ɫa]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pelˈliː.ku.la]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pellicula"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 4-syllable words",
    "Latin diminutive nouns",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pel- (skin)",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -culus",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Mass media"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "pelleya"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "pelleyu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "pel·lícula"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "pellicle"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "peliculă"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "pellicule"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing"
      ],
      "word": "pelella"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "película"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "semi-learned borrowing",
        "semi-learned"
      ],
      "word": "pellicola"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "película"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "pelleja"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Chavacano",
          "lang_code": "cbk",
          "word": "pelicula"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "pelikula"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "lang_code": "ceb",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "pelikula"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Hiligaynon",
          "lang_code": "hil",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "pelikula"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ilocano",
          "lang_code": "ilo",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "pelikula"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "lang_code": "tl",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "pelikula"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "película"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "pellis",
        "4": "-culus<alt:-cula>"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pellis",
        "3": "-culus",
        "alt2": "-cula",
        "gloss1": "skin, hide",
        "pos2": "diminutive suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "pellis (“skin, hide”) + -cula (diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pellis (“skin, hide”) + -cula (diminutive suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pelliculae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pellicula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pelliculae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pelliculae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pelliculārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pelliculae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pelliculīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pelliculam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pelliculās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pelliculā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pelliculīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pellicula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pelliculae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pellicula<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "pellicula f (genitive pelliculae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pellicula<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin diminutive nouns"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "skin, hide",
          "word": "pellis"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diminutive of pellis (“skin, hide”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pellis",
          "pellis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "diminutive",
        "feminine",
        "form-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a female prostitute"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prostitute",
          "prostitute"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "scortum"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "New Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "movie, film, video"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "movie",
          "movie"
        ],
        [
          "film",
          "film"
        ],
        [
          "video",
          "video"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(New Latin) movie, film, video"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "taeniola"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin",
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[pɛlˈlɪ.kʊ.ɫa]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pelˈliː.ku.la]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pellicula"
}

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