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microfilm

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A continuous roll of film containing photographs of documents at a greatly reduced size.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To reproduce (documents) on such film.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used to read the material

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: film, photographic film

Narrower terms: microfiche

4

verb

Meaning 4

record on microfilm

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: film

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *pel-der. Proto-Germanic *felma- Proto-Germanic *filmīn- Old English filmen Middle English filme English film English microfilm From micro- + film.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: microfilm — roll of film
  • Czech: mikrofilm — roll of film
  • Danish: mikrofilm — roll of film
  • Dutch: microfilm — roll of film
  • Faroese: erfilmur — roll of film
  • Faroese: mikrofilmur — roll of film
  • Finnish: mikrofilmi — roll of film
  • German: Mikrofilm — roll of film
  • Greek: μικροφίλμ (mikrofílm) — roll of film
  • Hungarian: mikrofilm — roll of film
  • Icelandic: örfilma — roll of film
  • Indonesian: mikrofilm — roll of film
  • Irish: micreascannán — roll of film
  • Italian: microfilm — roll of film
  • Macedonian: ми́крофилм (míkrofilm) — roll of film
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mikrofilm — roll of film
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mikrofilm — roll of film
  • Polish: mikrofilm — roll of film
  • Russian: микрофи́льм (mikrofílʹm) — roll of film
  • Spanish: microfilm — roll of film
  • Swedish: mikrofilm — roll of film
  • Vietnamese: vi phim — roll of film
  • Yiddish: מיקראָפֿילם (mikrofilm) — roll of film
  • Catalan: microfilmar — reproduce documents on microfilm
  • Dutch: microfilmen — reproduce documents on microfilm
  • Finnish: mikrofilmata — reproduce documents on microfilm
  • German: auf Mikrofilm sichern — reproduce documents on microfilm
  • German: auf Mikrofilm speichern — reproduce documents on microfilm
  • Greek: αναπαράγω στο μικροφίλμ (anaparágo sto mikrofílm) — reproduce documents on microfilm
  • Irish: cuir ar mhicreascannán — reproduce documents on microfilm
  • Polish: nagrywać na mikrofilmie — reproduce documents on microfilm
  • Polish: nagrać na mikrofilmie — reproduce documents on microfilm
  • Spanish: microfilmar — reproduce documents on microfilm
  • Swedish: mikrofilma — reproduce documents on microfilm