చిత్రము

Telugu

Alternative forms

చిత్రం (citraṁ)

Etymology

From Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “picture, sketch, painting”) +‎ -ము (-mu).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕɪt̪ɾɐmʊ/, [t͡ʃɪt̪ɾɐmʊ]

Noun

చిత్రము • (citramu) n (plural చిత్రములు)

  1. painting, picture
    Synonyms: బొమ్మ (bomma), అచ్చు (accu), పుత్తళిక (puttaḷika), పటము (paṭamu)
  2. (formal, literary, by extension) film, movie
    Synonym: సినిమా (sinimā)
  3. variety, strangeness, singularity
  4. variegated colour
  5. curiosity
  6. species
  7. diversity

Usage notes

The use of this word to mean film has been declining, with more written publications and newspapers switching over to the colloquial word సినిమా (sinimā) over time.

Derived terms

Adjective

చిత్రము • (citramu)

  1. particoloured, speckled, chequered, streaked
  2. odd, strange, novel
  3. picturesque, pretty

References
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