silent film
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silent film
noun silent films
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A film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue.
Set against the background of the American civil war, with Keaton a cunning but unskilled driver, unaided, of the ponderous giant of a locomotive, it remains not only probably the funniest film about railways ever made, but one of the funniest silent films to retain its comic power over today's more
Similar: silent movie, silent picture, photoplay
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noun film without sound
| Español | cine mudo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 무성영화 museong'yeonghwa |
| 日本語 | サイレント映画 sairento-eiga |
| 中文 | 無聲電影 /无声电影 wúshēng diànyǐng, 無聲片 /无声片 wúshēngpiàn, 默片 mòpiàn |
| Português | filme mudo |
| Français | film muet |
| Deutsch | Stummfilm |
| Ελληνικά | βωβός κινηματογράφος vovós kinimatográfos, βουβή ταινία vouví tainía |
| Română | film mut |
| Русский | немой фильм nemoj filʹm |
| Tiếng Việt | phim câm |
| العربية | سِينِمَا صَامِتَة sīnimā ṣāmita |
Talk about this word "silent film." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/silent%20film. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. silent film. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/silent%20film "silent film." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/silent%20film.Cite this
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title = {silent film},
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