adj · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tɹi/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tə.ɹi/
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Canada, General-American:/ˌdɑ.kjəˈmɛn.tə.ɹi/
Canada, General-American:/ˌdɑ.kjəˈmɛn.tɹi/
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CMU ARPABET:D AA2 K Y AH0 M EH1 N T ER0 IY0
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CMU ARPABET 2:D AA2 K Y AH0 M EH1 N ER0 IY0
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CMU ARPABET 3:D AA2 K Y UW0 M EH1 N T ER0 IY0
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CMU ARPABET 4:D AA2 K Y UW0 M EH1 N ER0 IY0
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1
adj
Meaning 1
Of, related to, or based on documents.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: documentative, documentational
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Which serves to document (record or illustrate) a subject.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: documentative, documentational
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: book; etc; book; etc
Examples
a documentary film
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
Such works collectively, as a genre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
adjective
Meaning 6
relating to or consisting of or derived from documents
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: documental
Antonyms: none provided
7
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
objective art
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: objective
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éye-ti Proto-Italic *dokejō Proto-Italic *dokeō Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin documentumbor. French document Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. French -aire French documentairebor. English documentary From French adjective and (hence) noun documentaire, from document, from Latin documentum. Equivalent to document + -ary.
Across languages
Translations
161 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
وَثَائِقِيّ
(waṯāʔiqiyy)
— of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something
Belarusian:
дакумента́льны
(dakumjentálʹny)
— of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something
Bulgarian:
документа́лен
(dokumentálen)
— of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something
Catalan:
documental
— of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something
Dutch:
documentair
— of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something
Finnish:
dokumentaarinen
— of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something
French:
documentaire
— of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something
Georgian:
დოკუმენტური
(doḳumenṭuri)
— of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something
Hindi:
वृत्तचित्र
(vŕttacitra)
— of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something
Icelandic:
heimilda-
— of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something
Indonesian:
dokumenter
— of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something
Irish:
doiciméadach
— of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something
Polish:
dokumentalny
— of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something
Polish:
dokumentarny
— of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something
Portuguese:
documental
— of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something
Romanian:
documentar
— of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something
Russian:
документа́льный
(dokumentálʹnyj)
— of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something
Spanish:
documental
— of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something
Spanish:
documentario
— of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something
Swedish:
dokumentarisk
— of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something
Thai:
สารคดี
(sǎa-rá-ká-dii)
— of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something
Ukrainian:
документа́льний
(dokumentálʹnyj)
— of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something
Volapük:
dokümik
— of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something
Welsh:
dogfennol
— of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something
Arabic:
مُوَثَّق
(muwaṯṯaq)
— presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter
Armenian:
վավերագրական
(vaveragrakan)
— presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter
Azerbaijani:
sənədli
— presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter
Czech:
dokumentární
— presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter
Finnish:
dokumentaarinen
— presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter
Georgian:
დოკუმენტური
(doḳumenṭuri)
— presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter
Hebrew:
תִּעוּדִי
(ti'udí)
— presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter
Hindi:
वृत्तचित्र
(vŕttacitra)
— presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter
Italian:
documentario
— presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter
Portuguese:
documental
— presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter
Spanish:
documental
— presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter
Swedish:
dokumentär
— presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter
Thai:
สารคดี
(sǎa-rá-ká-dii)
— presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter
Afrikaans:
dokumentêr
— programme or publication of fact
Afrikaans:
dokkie
— programme or publication of fact
Arabic:
وَثَائِقِيّ
(waṯāʔiqiyy)
— programme or publication of fact
Arabic:
شَرِيطٌ وَثَائِقِيّ
(šarīṭun waṯāʔiqiyy)
— programme or publication of fact
Armenian:
վավերագրական կինոնկար
(vaveragrakan kinonkar)
— programme or publication of fact
Catalan:
documental
— programme or publication of fact
Chinese Mandarin:
紀錄片 /纪录片
(jìlùpiàn)
— programme or publication of fact
Czech:
dokument
— programme or publication of fact
Dutch:
documentaire
— programme or publication of fact
Dutch:
docu
— programme or publication of fact
Estonian:
dokumentaalfilm
— programme or publication of fact
Estonian:
tõsielufilm
— programme or publication of fact
Estonian:
dokk
— programme or publication of fact
Finnish:
dokumentaari
— programme or publication of fact
Finnish:
dokumenttielokuva
— programme or publication of fact
Finnish:
dokumentti
— programme or publication of fact
French:
documentaire
— programme or publication of fact
West-Frisian:
dokumintêre
— programme or publication of fact
German:
Dokumentation
— programme or publication of fact
German:
Doku
— programme or publication of fact
Hindi:
वृत्तचित्र
(vŕttacitra)
— programme or publication of fact
Irish:
clár faisnéise
— programme or publication of fact
Irish:
scannán faisnéise
— programme or publication of fact
Malay:
dokumentari
— programme or publication of fact
Māori:
motuhenga
— programme or publication of fact
Māori:
pakipūmeka
— programme or publication of fact
Norwegian Bokmål:
dokumentar
— programme or publication of fact
Norwegian Bokmål:
dokumentarprogram
— programme or publication of fact
Norwegian Nynorsk:
dokumentar
— programme or publication of fact
Norwegian Nynorsk:
dokumentarprogram
— programme or publication of fact
Occitan:
documentari
— programme or publication of fact
Portuguese:
documentário
— programme or publication of fact
Spanish:
documental
— programme or publication of fact
Swedish:
dokumentärfilm
— programme or publication of fact
Swedish:
dokumentär
— programme or publication of fact
Tagalog:
dokumentaryo
— programme or publication of fact
Tagalog:
dokumental
— programme or publication of fact
Thai:
สารคดี
(sǎa-rá-ká-dii)
— programme or publication of fact
Turkish:
belgesel
— programme or publication of fact
Albanian:
film dokumentar
— documentary film
Arabic:
فِلْم وَثَائِقِيّ
(film waṯāʔiqiyy)
— documentary film
Arabic:
فيلم وثائقي
(fīlm waṯāʔiqiyy)
— documentary film
Armenian:
վավերագրական կինոնկար
(vaveragrakan kinonkar)
— documentary film
Azerbaijani:
sənədli film
— documentary film
Belarusian:
дакумента́льны фільм
(dakumjentálʹny filʹm)
— documentary film
Bengali:
প্রামাণ্য চলচ্চিত্র
(pramanno coloccitro)
— documentary film
Bulgarian:
документа́лен филм
(dokumentálen film)
— documentary film
Catalan:
documental
— documentary film
Chinese Mandarin:
紀錄片 /纪录片
(jìlùpiàn)
— documentary film
Chinese Mandarin:
記錄片 /记录片
(jìlùpiàn)
— documentary film
Corsican:
documentariu
— documentary film
Corsican:
ducumentariu
— documentary film
Czech:
dokumentární film
— documentary film
Danish:
dokumentarfilm
— documentary film
Dutch:
documentaire
— documentary film
Dutch:
documentairefilm
— documentary film
Esperanto:
dokumentfilmo
— documentary film
Estonian:
dokumentaalfilm
— documentary film
Finnish:
dokumentti
— documentary film
Finnish:
dokumenttielokuva
— documentary film
Finnish:
dokkari
— documentary film
French:
documentaire
— documentary film
French:
film documentaire
— documentary film
West-Frisian:
dokumintêre
— documentary film
West-Frisian:
dokumintêrefilm
— documentary film
Georgian:
დოკუმენტური ფილმი
(doḳumenṭuri pilmi)
— documentary film
German:
Dokumentation
— documentary film
German:
Dokumentarfilm
— documentary film
Greek:
ντοκιμαντέρ
(ntokimantér)
— documentary film
Hebrew:
צִלוּמֵי תְּעוּדָה
(tsilumé t'udá)
— documentary film
Hindi:
वृत्तचित्र
(vŕttacitra)
— documentary film
Hungarian:
dokumentumfilm
— documentary film
Icelandic:
heimildamynd
— documentary film
Indonesian:
film dokumenter
— documentary film
Irish:
scannán faisnéise
— documentary film
Italian:
documentario
— documentary film
Japanese:
ドキュメンタリー
(dokyumentarī)
— documentary film
Japanese:
記録映画
(kiroku eiga)
— documentary film
Kazakh:
деректі фильм
(derektı film)
— documentary film
Khmer:
ភាពយន្តឯកសារ
(phiəpyŭən ʼaekaʼsaa)
— documentary film
Korean:
다큐멘터리
(dakyumenteori)
— documentary film
Korean:
기록영화
(girogyeonghwa)
— documentary film
Kyrgyz:
документ кино
(dokument kino)
— documentary film
Lao:
ຟິມເອກະສານ
(fim ʼē ka sān)
— documentary film
Latvian:
dokumentālā filma
— documentary film
Lithuanian:
dokumentinis kinas
— documentary film
Macedonian:
документа́рец
(dokumentárec)
— documentary film
Macedonian:
документа́рен филм
(dokumentáren film)
— documentary film
Malay:
filem dokumentari
— documentary film
Māori:
pakipūmeka
— documentary film
Mongolian:
баримтат кино
(barimtat kino)
— documentary film
Norwegian Bokmål:
dokumentar
— documentary film
Norwegian Bokmål:
dokumentarfilm
— documentary film
Norwegian Nynorsk:
dokumentar
— documentary film
Norwegian Nynorsk:
dokumentarfilm
— documentary film
Iranian Persian:
مُسْتَنَد
(mostanad)
— documentary film
Iranian Persian:
فیلْمِ مُسْتَنَد
(film-e mostanad)
— documentary film
Polish:
film dokumentalny
— documentary film
Polish:
dokument
— documentary film
Portuguese:
documentário
— documentary film
Romanian:
documentar
— documentary film
Romanian:
film documentar
— documentary film
Russian:
документа́льный фильм
(dokumentálʹnyj filʹm)
— documentary film
Scots:
documentarie
— documentary film
Scots:
documentarie film
— documentary film
Serbo-Croatian:
документарни филм
— documentary film
Serbo-Croatian:
dokumentarni film
— documentary film
Slovak:
dokumentárny film
— documentary film
Slovene:
dokumentarni film
— documentary film
Spanish:
documental
— documentary film
Swedish:
dokumentär
— documentary film
Swedish:
dokumentärfilm
— documentary film
Tagalog:
dokumentaryo
— documentary film
Tajik:
филми мустанад
(film-i mustanad)
— documentary film
Thai:
สารคดี
(sǎa-rá-ká-dii)
— documentary film
Thai:
ภาพยนตร์สารคดี
(pâap-pá-yon-sǎa-rá-ká-dii)
— documentary film
Turkish:
belgesel
— documentary film
Turkish:
belgesel film
— documentary film
Ukrainian:
документа́льний фільм
(dokumentálʹnyj filʹm)
— documentary film
Urdu:
دَسْتاویزی
(dastāvezī)
— documentary film
Urdu:
تَحْرِیری
(tahrīrī)
— documentary film
Uyghur:
ھۆججەتلىك فىلىم
(höjjetlik filim)
— documentary film
