en biograf
Meaning
picture theatre; movie (theater (US)); cinema
In Swedish: lokal där film visas (mot betalning)
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | en biograf |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | biografen |
| Plural, indefinite | biografer |
| Plural, definite | biograferna |
biograf is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor biograf, den stora biografen. Check another noun
Practise biograf
1 / 2Is it en biograf or ett biograf?
Questions
What does biograf mean in English?
biograf means “picture theatre, movie (theater (US))”.
Is it en biograf or ett biograf?
It is en biograf, and “the picture theatre” is biografen.
What is the plural of biograf?
The plural of biograf is biografer, and the definite plural is biograferna.
Similar words
Origin
bio- (“life, living”) + -graf (“writing, recording”), referring to live pictures and the human life described, respectively.
Nearby common words
biograf is number 6,560 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 6,555lösensumma ransom (the amount of money that has to be paid to someone so that they will set free a person they have kidnapped)
- 6,557tjänsteman a white-collar worker, or the role of such a person, the white-collar part of a company; administration, management, sales, etc.
- 6,558avslöjande disclosure, revealing
- 6,559bark bark
- 6,561klimat climate
- 6,562krage collar
- 6,563näring nourishment, industry
- 6,564tillsätta add, appoint
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary