pellicula

See also: pel·lícula

English

Noun

pellicula (plural pelliculae)

Alternative form of pellicle (“thin layer in biology etc.”).

Latin

Etymology

From pellis (“skin, hide”) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɛlˈlɪ.kʊ.ɫa]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pelˈliː.ku.la]

Noun

pellicula f (genitive pelliculae); first declension

diminutive of pellis (“skin, hide”)
a female prostitute
Synonym: scortum
(New Latin) movie, film, video
Synonym: (New Latin) taeniola

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pellicula	pelliculae
genitive	pelliculae	pelliculārum
dative	pelliculae	pelliculīs
accusative	pelliculam	pelliculās
ablative	pelliculā	pelliculīs
vocative	pellicula	pelliculae

Descendants

Asturian: pelleya, pelleyu
→ Catalan: pel·lícula (learned)
→ English: pellicle (learned)
→ French: pellicule (learned)
- → Romanian: peliculă
→ Galician: pelella, película (learned)
→ Italian: pellicola (semi-learned)
→ Portuguese: película (learned)
Spanish: pelleja
→ Spanish: película
- Chavacano: pelicula
- → Basque: pelikula
- → Cebuano: pelikula
- → Hiligaynon: pelikula
- → Ilocano: pelikula
- → Tagalog: pelikula

References

“pellicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“pellicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
"pellicula", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
“pellicula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.