big screen

English

Noun

big screen (plural big screens)

1. The large viewing surface upon which films are projected in a cinema.

   You should watch Star Wars on the big screen for the full effect.

   • 2021 September 22, Stephen Roberts, “The writings on the wall...”, in RAIL, number 940, page 74:

     He also became a big screen star. The 2014 film Paddington included scenes shot within his namesake terminus, [...].

2. (idiomatic, by extension) Movies, or that which is related to movies or cinema.

   Stars of the stage and the big screen gathered for the awards ceremony.

   Jane Smith made her big-screen debut in 2005, appearing as a librarian in a Hollywood crime thriller.

Synonyms

• silver screen

Antonyms

• small screen

Translations

surface

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 大銀幕 / 大银幕 (zh) (dàyínmù) Danish: storskærm c Dutch: grote scherm n Finnish: laajakangas French: grand écran (fr) m German: Kinoleinwand (de) f, Filmleinwand f Greek: μεγάλη οθόνη (el) f (megáli othóni) Hebrew: המסך הגדול (he) m (hamasakh hagadol) Italian: grande schermo m Polish: wielki ekran (pl) m Portuguese: telão (pt) m, telona f Russian: большо́й экра́н m (bolʹšój ekrán) Spanish: gran pantalla f, pantalla grande f Swedish: bioduk (sv) c, filmduk (sv), filmskärm, bioskärm c Turkish: büyük ekran

by extension, movies

Swedish: vita duken c