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telefilm

American  
[tel-uh-film] / ˈtɛl əˌfɪlm /

noun

  1. a motion picture intended primarily to be shown on television.


Etymology

Origin of telefilm

First recorded in 1935–40; tele(vision) + film

Example Sentences

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“She’s shooting a telefilm now in Switzerland called ‘Bulle.'

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2019

To prepare for her role in the telefilm, Ms. Franklin, who died in March, spent time watching Sister Mary at work.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2013

But the telefilm any aging kid will recall with a shudder was Trilogy of Terror, starring Karen Black and produced and directed by House of Dark Shadows’s Dan Curtis from three Matheson stories.

From Time • Oct. 31, 2011

He also produced the 1984 miniseries "Fatal Vision," which won an Emmy for actor Karl Malden, and the 1989 telefilm "The Case of the Hillside Stranglers."

From Reuters • Mar. 30, 2010

You've got cans of telefilm in the cellar, but them I don't mind.

From Spacemen Never Die! by Hershman, Morris