Phrase guide

silent film

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, retronym, uncountable

Topics: broadcasting, cinematography, film, media, television

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: silent movie, silent picture, photoplay

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سِينِمَا صَامِتَة (sīnimā ṣāmita) — film without sound
  • Catalan: pel·lícula muda — film without sound
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無聲電影 /无声电影 (wúshēng diànyǐng) — film without sound
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無聲片 /无声片 (wúshēngpiàn) — film without sound
  • Chinese Mandarin: 默片 (mòpiàn) — film without sound
  • Czech: němý film — film without sound
  • Danish: stumfilm — film without sound
  • Dutch: stomme film — film without sound
  • Finnish: mykkäelokuva — film without sound
  • French: film muet — film without sound
  • German: Stummfilm — film without sound
  • Greek: βωβός κινηματογράφος (vovós kinimatográfos) — film without sound
  • Greek: βουβή ταινία (vouví tainía) — film without sound
  • Hungarian: némafilm — film without sound
  • Irish: scannán tostach — film without sound
  • Japanese: サイレント映画 (sairento-eiga) — film without sound
  • Korean: 무성영화 (museong'yeonghwa) — film without sound
  • Malay: filem bisu — film without sound
  • Polish: film niemy — film without sound
  • Portuguese: filme mudo — film without sound
  • Punjabi: ਮੂਕ ਫ਼ਿਲਮ (mūk filam) — film without sound
  • Romanian: film mut — film without sound
  • Russian: немой фильм (nemoj filʹm) — film without sound
  • Spanish: cine mudo — film without sound
  • Swedish: stumfilm — film without sound
  • Tamil: ஊமைப்படம் (ūmaippaṭam) — film without sound
  • Thai: ภาพยนตร์เงียบ (pâap-pá-yon-ngîiap) — film without sound
  • Thai: ภาพยนตร์ใบ้ — film without sound
  • Thai: หนังเงียบ — film without sound
  • Thai: หนังใบ้ — film without sound
  • Turkish: sessiz film — film without sound
  • Vietnamese: phim câm — film without sound