film industry

noun

The technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking.

Similar
movie industry

Meanings

nounfilm industry (plural film industries)

plural film industries

  1. The technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe entertainment industries involved in producing and distributing movies

Similar
movie industry
Broader
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Finnish elokuvateollisuus
  • elokuvateollisuusinstitutions of filmmaking
French industrie du cinéma
  • industrie du cinémainstitutions of filmmaking
German Filmindustrie, Filmbranche
  • Filmindustrieinstitutions of filmmaking
  • Filmbrancheinstitutions of filmmaking
  • Filmwirtschaftinstitutions of filmmaking
Hungarian filmipar
  • filmiparinstitutions of filmmaking
Norwegian Bokmål filmindustri
  • filmindustriinstitutions of filmmaking
Polish przemysł filmowy
  • przemysł filmowyinstitutions of filmmaking
Tamil திரைத்துறை
  • திரைத்துறை (tiraittuṟai)institutions of filmmaking
Cite this entry
APA

film industry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/film%20industry

MLA

“film industry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/film%20industry. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “film industry,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/film%20industry.

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