Phrase guide

feature film

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any film produced to be shown in cinemas before being released for home viewing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the feature tonight is `Casablanca'

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: feature

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick

Narrower terms: Western, horse opera

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: hoofdfilm — the main, full-length film in a cinema program
  • Finnish: kokoillan elokuva — the main, full-length film in a cinema program
  • Finnish: pitkä elokuva — the main, full-length film in a cinema program
  • French: long métrage — the main, full-length film in a cinema program
  • Georgian: სრულმეტრაჟიანი ფილმი (srulmeṭražiani pilmi) — the main, full-length film in a cinema program
  • German: Hauptfilm — the main, full-length film in a cinema program
  • Hungarian: játékfilm — the main, full-length film in a cinema program
  • Hungarian: mozifilm — the main, full-length film in a cinema program
  • Hungarian: nagyjátékfilm — the main, full-length film in a cinema program
  • Irish: príomhscannán — the main, full-length film in a cinema program
  • Irish: scannán lánfhada — the main, full-length film in a cinema program
  • Japanese: 長編映画 (chōhen eiga) — the main, full-length film in a cinema program
  • Malay: filem cetera — the main, full-length film in a cinema program
  • Manx: ard-fillym — the main, full-length film in a cinema program
  • Polish: film pełnometrażowy — the main, full-length film in a cinema program
  • Polish: film długometrażowy — the main, full-length film in a cinema program
  • Portuguese: longa-metragem — the main, full-length film in a cinema program
  • Romanian: lung metraj — the main, full-length film in a cinema program
  • Romanian: film de lung metraj — the main, full-length film in a cinema program
  • Russian: полнометра́жный фильм (polnometrážnyj filʹm) — the main, full-length film in a cinema program
  • Spanish: largometraje — the main, full-length film in a cinema program
  • Dutch: speelfilm — film shown in cinemas before being released for home viewing
  • Dutch: avondvullende film — film shown in cinemas before being released for home viewing
  • Finnish: teatterielokuva — film shown in cinemas before being released for home viewing
  • French: long métrage — film shown in cinemas before being released for home viewing
  • Georgian: მხატვრული ფილმი (mxaṭvruli pilmi) — film shown in cinemas before being released for home viewing
  • Hungarian: játékfilm — film shown in cinemas before being released for home viewing
  • Hungarian: mozifilm — film shown in cinemas before being released for home viewing
  • Irish: príomhscannán — film shown in cinemas before being released for home viewing
  • Irish: scannán lánfhada — film shown in cinemas before being released for home viewing
  • Japanese: フィーチャー映画 (fīchā eiga) — film shown in cinemas before being released for home viewing
  • Manx: ard-fillym — film shown in cinemas before being released for home viewing
  • Polish: film pełnometrażowy — film shown in cinemas before being released for home viewing
  • Polish: film długometrażowy — film shown in cinemas before being released for home viewing
  • Russian: худо́жественный фильм (xudóžestvennyj filʹm) — film shown in cinemas before being released for home viewing
  • Russian: игрово́й фильм (igrovój filʹm) — film shown in cinemas before being released for home viewing