How to Say "Movies" in Arabic

أفلام

aflam

The Arabic word for movies is أفلام (aflam).

أفلام is used to refer to stories told through moving images and sound that are shown in a cinema or on a screen.

What does it mean word for word?

أفلام is the broken plural form of the singular noun فيلم.

The singular form of the word is فيلم (film).

aflam

In some regional slang, saying someone is 'making a فيلم' can mean they are overreacting or creating unnecessary drama.
The word فيلم is a loanword from English, but it has been so thoroughly integrated into Arabic that it follows the rules of Arabic broken plurals, becoming أفلام.
Egypt is often called the 'Hollywood of the East' because its أفلام industry dominated the Arab world for decades, making the Cairene dialect widely understood.

لقد شاهدت كل أفلامه
I've seen all his movies.
This sentence shows how to use أفلام when talking about someone's filmography.
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زيري يكره أفلام الرعب.
Ziri hates scary movies.
This sentence demonstrates using أفلام with a specific genre like horror.
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يحب أخي مشاهدة أفلام الرعب.
My brother likes horror movies.
This sentence shows how to express a preference for watching أفلام of a certain type.
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Yusuf and Sarah are discussing what to watch at home.

يوسف Youssef

هل تحبين مشاهدة أفلام الأكشن؟
Hal tuhibina mushahadat aflam al-akshan?
Do you like watching action movies?
سارة Sara

نعم، أنا أحب هذه الأفلام كثيراً.
Na'am, ana uhib hadhihi al-aflam kathiran.
Yes, I love these movies very much.
يوسف Youssef

ما رأيك في هذا الفيلم الجديد؟
Ma ra'yuki fi hadha al-film al-jadid?
What do you think of this new movie?
سارة Sara

إنه فيلم رائع جداً يا يوسف.
Innahu film ra'i' jiddan ya Yusuf.
It is a very wonderful movie, Yusuf.

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