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Acting is fantastic, but to be able to create a whole world on celluloid is amazing. It's like taking your dreams straight from your head and projecting them onto a screen.
Amber Benson

Meaning of "celluloid" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CELLULOID

celluloid  [ˈsɛljʊˌlɔɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CELLULOID

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Celluloid is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CELLULOID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

celluloid

Celluloid

Celluloids are a class of compounds created from nitrocellulose and camphor, with added dyes and other agents. Generally considered the first thermoplastic, it was first created as Parkesine in 1856 and as Xylonite in 1869, before being registered as Celluloid in 1870. Celluloid is easily molded and shaped, and it was first widely used as an ivory replacement. The main purpose was movie and photography film industries, that used only celluloid films prior to acetate films that were introduced in the fifties. Celluloid is highly flammable, difficult and expensive to produce and is no longer widely used. Its most common uses today are in table tennis balls, musical instruments and guitar picks.

Definition of celluloid in the English dictionary

The first definition of celluloid in the dictionary is a flammable thermoplastic material consisting of cellulose nitrate mixed with a plasticizer, usually camphor: used in sheets, rods, and tubes for making a wide range of articles. Other definition of celluloid is a cellulose derivative used for coating film. Celluloid is also one of the transparent sheets on which the constituent drawings of an animated film are prepared.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CELLULOID


alkaloid
ˈælkəˌlɔɪd
amygdaloid
əˈmɪɡdəˌlɔɪd
amyloid
ˈæmɪˌlɔɪd
crystalloid
ˈkrɪstəˌlɔɪd
hyaloid
ˈhaɪəˌlɔɪd
hyperboloid
haɪˈpɜːbəˌlɔɪd
liguloid
ˈlɪɡjʊˌlɔɪd
limuloid
ˈlɪmjʊˌlɔɪd
metalloid
ˈmɛtəˌlɔɪd
mongoloid
ˈmɒŋɡəˌlɔɪd
myeloid
ˈmaɪɪˌlɔɪd
oceloid
ˈɒsɪˌlɔɪd
paraboloid
pəˈræbəˌlɔɪd
petaloid
ˈpɛtəˌlɔɪd
planuloid
ˈplænjʊˌlɔɪd
sipunculoid
saɪˈpʌŋkjʊˌlɔɪd
tentacle-like
tenˈtækjʊˌlɔɪd
tentaculoid
tenˈtækjʊˌlɔɪd
tuberculoid
tjʊˈbɜːkjʊˌlɔɪd
vibraculoid
vaɪˈbrækjʊˌlɔɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CELLULOID

cellphone
cellular
cellular phone
cellular radio
cellular telephone
cellularity
cellulase
cellulated
cellule
celluliferous
cellulite
cellulitis
cellulolytic
cellulose
cellulose acetate
cellulose nitrate
cellulose varnish
cellulosic
cellulous

WORDS THAT END LIKE CELLULOID

allopolyploid
aneuploid
Australoid
colloid
cycloid
diploid
erysipeloid
euploid
haloid
haploid
hexaploid
hydrocolloid
keloid
loid
mytiloid
polyploid
styloid
tabloid
tetraploid
triploid

Synonyms and antonyms of celluloid in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «celluloid» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CELLULOID

Find out the translation of celluloid to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of celluloid from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «celluloid» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

赛璐珞
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

celuloide
570 millions of speakers

English

celluloid
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सेल्यूलाइड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شريط سينمائي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

целлулоида
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

celulóide
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সেলুলয়েড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

celluloïd
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Seluloid
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zelluloid
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

セルロイド
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

셀룰로이드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Seluloid
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cel lu lô it
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செல்லுலாயிட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सेल्यूलॉइड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

selüloit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

celluloide
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

celuloid
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

целулоїду
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

celuloid
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σελιλόιντ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

celluloid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

celluloid
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

celluloid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of celluloid

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CELLULOID»

The term «celluloid» is quite widely used and occupies the 43.501 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CELLULOID» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about celluloid

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7 QUOTES WITH «CELLULOID»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word celluloid.
1
Angela Bassett
This is a career about images. It's celluloid; they last for ever. I'm a black woman from America. My people were slaves in America, and even though we're free on paper and in law, I'm not going to allow you to enslave me on film, in celluloid, for all to see.
2
Amber Benson
Acting is fantastic, but to be able to create a whole world on celluloid is amazing. It's like taking your dreams straight from your head and projecting them onto a screen.
3
Danny Boyle
Celluloid will be the next decade's black and white.
4
Gary Oldman
I like celluloid, I like film, I like the way that when a movie is projected it sort of breathes a little in the gate. That's the magic of it to me.
5
Amanda Plummer
I prefer theater, but I love to do films, and I prefer theater primarily because I've done more. I know less about movies. You can't lie in either medium. The wonderful thing is that the camera, just like an audience, is made out of skin - because celluloid is skin.
6
Martin Scorsese
The cinema began with a passionate, physical relationship between celluloid and the artists and craftsmen and technicians who handled it, manipulated it, and came to know it the way a lover comes to know every inch of the body of the beloved. No matter where the cinema goes, we cannot afford to lose sight of its beginnings.
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Steven Spielberg
Remember, science fiction's always been the kind of first level alert to think about things to come. It's easier for an audience to take warnings from sci-fi without feeling that we're preaching to them. Every science fiction movie I have ever seen, any one that's worth its weight in celluloid, warns us about things that ultimately come true.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CELLULOID»

Discover the use of celluloid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to celluloid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Celluloid Indians: Native Americans and Film
An overview of Indian representation in Hollywood films. The author notes the change in tone for the better when--as a result of McCarthyism--filmmakers found themselves among the oppressed. By an Irish-Cherokee writer.
Jacquelyn Kilpatrick, 1999
2
The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies
Examines the portrayal of homosexual characters in the movies and how it reflects society's beliefs and misconceptions
Vito Russo, 1987
3
Celluloid Symphonies: Texts and Contexts in Film Music History
Celluloid Symphonies is a unique sourcebook of writings on music for film, bringing together fifty-three critical documents, many previously inaccessible.
Julie Hubbert, 2011
4
Celluloid Soldiers: Warner Bros.'s Campaign Against Nazism
Moving from the period of America’s engagement in the Barbary Wars through the Holy Land travel mania in the years of Jacksonian expansion and into the writings of romantics such as Edgar Allen Poe, the book argues that not only were ...
Michael E. Birdwell, 2000
5
Celluloid Vampires: Life After Death in the Modern World
How has this long legacy of celluloid vampires affected our understanding of vampire mythology? And how has the vampire morphed from its folkloric and literary origins?
Stacey Abbott, 2009
6
Celluloid Saints: Images of Sanctity in Film
"The book is written with two goals in mind.
Theresa Sanders, 2002
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Celluloid
Erotica for the mind and eye by a comics giant.
‎2011
8
Celluloid Mavericks: The History of American Independent Film
Screenwriter and author Greg Merritt traces the history of independent filmmaking from the 1930s to today. 50 photos.
Greg Merritt, 2000
9
Celluloid China: Cinematic Encounters with Culture and Society
Celluloid China: Cinematic Encounters with Cul­ture and Society is the first book to provide such an exhaustive study of the art and cultural context of Chinese cinema.
Harry H. Kuoshu, 2002
10
Celluloid Mushroom Clouds: Hollywood and the Atomic Bomb
Scholar Joyce Evans investigates Hollywood's imagery of atomic technology portrayed in films produced between 1947 and 1964, such as THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, DR. STRANGELOVE, THE THING, and others.
Joyce A. Evans, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CELLULOID»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term celluloid is used in the context of the following news items.
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Lego Jurassic World review: Better than Jurassic Park III
... game out of what's really one fantastic film, two decent follow-ups, and the giant pile of bargain-basement celluloid known as Jurassic Park III. «PCWorld, Jul 15»
2
Inside the Nuclear Bunker Where America Preserves Its Movie History
Today, Willeman wants to show me a less distressing kind of fire—one recorded on a piece of nitrate celluloid 105 years ago. The film is part of ... «Wired, Jul 15»
3
Zygote's Alaskan Artist-in-Residence to Discuss Creative Process
He works with celluloid film and digital video, as well as painting and installation work. “All of my work is non-narrative and my inspiration ... «Cleveland Scene Weekly, Jul 15»
4
Directors' Lab offers opportunity for woman directors in Wales
Celluloid Ceiling 2013 Report. According to research, in narrative film when looking at women directors over the last decade, only 41 women ... «BECTU Magazine, Jul 15»
5
Apu Trilogy Honors Film's Power to Showcase Life
But there's even more to the story than that, a narrative that pits the permanence of great film artistry against the fragility of celluloid. The Apu ... «Miami New Times, Jul 15»
6
Women, ECT, and Memory
I feared that all those years of hope and study had come to naught, for no celluloid world would ever issue forth from my shattered ship-wreck of ... «Mad In America, Jul 15»
7
Hollywood Directors Reveal Inequality Behind the Scenes
A documentary from Bloomberg titled Celluloid Ceilings: Women Directors Speak Out highlights the disparities. Some of the sexism the women ... «TakePart, Jul 15»
8
CULTURE WARS
They are not unlike the mythical “purebred” vampires of celluloid fame, who look down upon all who are not singularly homosexual. You don't ... «WND.com, Jul 15»
9
21 Of Our Favorite Events In Los Angeles This Week
The film is “an excessive celluloid celebration of polymorphous perversity and a major achievement of the New American Cinema. «LAist, Jul 15»
10
Tim Blanks Remembers His Encounter With Amy Winehouse
The utter horror of that long, strung-out scenario is hideously sealed on celluloid by Asif Kapadia's unflinching film. It's more grueling than ... «Style.com, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Celluloid [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/celluloid>. Apr 2024 ».
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