cinéma

See also: cinema and cínemą

French

Etymology

Clipping of cinématographe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.ne.ma/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Homophone: cinémas
• Hyphenation: ci‧né‧ma

Noun

cinéma m (plural cinémas)

1. cinema (the art of making films and movies)

   Le cinéma est un langage universel. ― Cinema is a universal language.

2. (cinematography) cinema (the film and movie industry)
3. cinema (film or movies as a group)
4. cinema (movie theatre)

   Je suis allé au cinéma samedi dernier. ― I went to the cinema last Saturday.

5. (informal) playacting, drama, fuss

   Arrête ton cinéma! ― Cut it out! / Stop your acting!

Synonyms

• (all): ciné
• (movie theatre): salle de cinéma
• (art of making films): cinématographie

Derived terms

• télécinéma

Descendants

• → Arabic: سِينَمَا (sīnamā)
• → English: cinema
  • → Welsh: sinema
  • → Hindi: सिनेमा (sinemā)
  • → Tamil: சினிமா (ciṉimā)
  • → Telugu: సినిమా (sinimā), సైన్మ (sainma), సీన్మ (sīnma)
  • → Yoruba: sinimá
• → Greek: σινεμά (sinemá)
• Haitian Creole: sinema
• → Italian: cinema
• → Japanese: シネマ (shinema)
• → Ottoman Turkish: سینه‌ما (sinema)
  • Turkish: sinema
• → Persian: سینما (sinamâ)
• → Romanian: cinema
• → Sicilian: cìnima

Further reading

• “cinéma”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.