Meanings
plural silent films
- countableretronymuncountablebroadcastingA film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue.
Lewis Stone as the Marquis gives one of the greatest performances in silent film I have ever seen.
2009, Neil McDonald, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 1041 more example
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 sophisticated audiences.
1958 February 28, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in Railway Magazine, page 88Synonyms: silent movie, silent picture, photoplay
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue.
Translations
Arabic سِينِمَا صَامِتَة
- سِينِمَا صَامِتَة (sīnimā ṣāmita)film without sound
Catalan pel·lícula muda
- pel·lícula mudafilm without sound
Chinese Mandarin 無聲電影 /无声电影, 無聲片 /无声片
- 無聲電影 /无声电影 (wúshēng diànyǐng)film without sound
- 無聲片 /无声片 (wúshēngpiàn)film without sound
- 默片 (mòpiàn)film without sound
Czech němý film
- němý filmfilm without sound
Danish stumfilm
- stumfilmfilm without sound
Dutch stomme film
- stomme filmfilm without sound
Finnish mykkäelokuva
- mykkäelokuvafilm without sound
French film muet
- film muetfilm without sound
German Stummfilm
- Stummfilmfilm without sound
Greek βωβός κινηματογράφος, βουβή ταινία
- βωβός κινηματογράφος (vovós kinimatográfos)film without sound
- βουβή ταινία (vouví tainía)film without sound
Hungarian némafilm
- némafilmfilm without sound
Irish scannán tostach
- scannán tostachfilm without sound
Japanese サイレント映画
- サイレント映画 (sairento-eiga)film without sound
Korean 무성영화
- 무성영화 (museong'yeonghwa)film without sound
Malay filem bisu
- filem bisufilm without sound
Polish film niemy
- film niemyfilm without sound
Portuguese filme mudo
- filme mudofilm without sound
Punjabi ਮੂਕ ਫ਼ਿਲਮ
- ਮੂਕ ਫ਼ਿਲਮ (mūk filam)film without sound
Romanian film mut
- film mutfilm without sound
Russian немой фильм
- немой фильм (nemoj filʹm)film without sound
Spanish cine mudo
- cine mudofilm without sound
Swedish stumfilm
- stumfilmfilm without sound
Tamil ஊமைப்படம்
- ஊமைப்படம் (ūmaippaṭam)film without sound
Thai ภาพยนตร์เงียบ, ภาพยนตร์ใบ้
- ภาพยนตร์เงียบ (pâap-pá-yon-ngîiap)film without sound
- ภาพยนตร์ใบ้film without sound
- หนังเงียบfilm without sound
- หนังใบ้film without sound
Turkish sessiz film
- sessiz filmfilm without sound
Vietnamese phim câm
- phim câmfilm without sound
Cite this entry
silent film. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silent%20film
“silent film.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silent%20film. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “silent film,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silent%20film.
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