talking picture

talk pic·ture

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [tawk pik-cher]
- /tɔk ˈpɪk tʃər/
- /tɔːk ˈpɪktʃə(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tawk pik-cher]
- /tɔk ˈpɪk tʃər/

Definitions of talking picture words

noun talking picture Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc. 1
noun talking picture a film with a synchronized soundtrack 0

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Origin of talking picture

First appearance:

before 1905

One of the 15% newest English words

First recorded in 1905-10

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Parts of speech for Talking picture

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Talking picture

talking picture popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for talking picture

noun talking picture

celluloid — You can use celluloid to refer to films and the cinema.
cine — Cine is used to refer to things that are used in or connected with the making or showing of films.
cinematics — the art of making motion pictures; cinematography.
cinematograph — a combined camera, printer, and projector
motion picture — a sequence of consecutive pictures of objects photographed in motion by a specially designed camera (motion-picture camera) and thrown on a screen by a projector (motion-picture projector) in such rapid succession as to give the illusion of natural movement.

All 6 Synonyms of talking picture

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