biopic

Clipping of biographical picture; synchronically bio +‎ pic.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪ.əʊ.pɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) enPR: bīʹōpĭk, IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪ.oʊ.pɪk/
• (US, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /baɪˈɑp.ɪk/

biopic (plural biopics)

1. (film) A motion picture based on the life (or lives) of a real, rather than fictional, person (or people).
   • 2026 April 26, Catherine Shoard, “Bad movies, good business: how sanitised biopics became a Hollywood staple”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 26 April 2026:

     This truism helps explain why the music biopic is stuck in such a compromising loop. […] Between 2000 to 2019, 55% of leading actor and actress Oscars went to performances in a biopic. Over the past four years, the genre has been responsible for 63 Oscar nominations. Yet at the same time, hagiography has resurfaced as a pre-requisite for success. […] While one might have supposed the advent of the internet could render biopics redundant – if facts and archive footage are readily accessible, why bother making stuff up?

Most American and British dictionaries give only the pronunciation with the first-syllable stress and the long o.^[1][2]

Borrowed from English biopic.

• IPA^(key): /bjɔ.pik/

• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Saint-Étienne)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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biopic m (plural biopics)

1. (film) biopic

   Synonyms: biografilm, film biographique

The term biopic is still rare in France. It is used in specialised press. For common use, use film biographique.

Borrowed from English biopic.

• IPA^(key): /bjoˈpik/ [bjoˈpik]
• Rhymes: -ik
• Syllabification: bio‧pic

biopic m or f (plural biopics)

1. (film) biopic

• “biopic”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025