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Cinema

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See also cinéma, and cínemą

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From French cinéma, shortening of cinématographe (term coined by the Lumière brothers in the 1890s) < Ancient Greek κίνημα (kinēma) "movement"

[edit] Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA: /ˈsɪn.ɪ.mə/, /ˈsɪn.ə.mə/
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[edit] Noun

Singular
cinema

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural cinemas

cinema (countable and uncountable; plural cinemas)

(countable) a film
(countable) a movie theatre, a movie house

The cinema is right across the street from the restaurant.
(cinematography, uncountable) film or movies as a group

Despite the critics, he produced excellent cinema.
(cinematography, uncountable) the film and movie industry

In the long history of Spanish cinema....
(cinematography, uncountable) the art of making films and movies

Throughout the history of cinema, filmmakers....

[edit] Synonyms

film, movie (chiefly US)
movie theatre (rare), movie theater (chiefly US), movie house (chiefly US), pictures (regional, dated)
seventh art (the art of making films and movies)

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a film

Bulgarian: филм bg(bg) m.
Chinese: 電影, 电影 (diàn yǐng)
Czech: kino cs(cs) n.
Dutch: film nl(nl) m.
Finnish: elokuva fi(fi), filmi fi(fi)
French: film fr(fr) m.
German: Film de(de) m.
Greek: ταινία el(el) (tenía) f.
Hebrew: סרט (séret') m.

Hungarian: film hu(hu)
Japanese: 映画 (えいが, eiga)
Macedonian: филм mk(mk) (film) m.
Polish: film pl(pl) m.
Portuguese: filme pt(pt) m.
Russian: кинофильм (kinofíl’m) m., кинокартина (kinokartína) f., кино (kinó) n. (colloq.)
Turkish: film tr(tr)
Vietnamese: phim, điện ảnh

a film/movie theatre

Arabic: سينما ar(ar) (sīnimā) f.
Bulgarian: кино bg(bg) n.
Chinese: 電影院, 电影院 (diàn yǐng yuàn)
Czech: kino cs(cs) n.
Dutch: cinema nl(nl) m., bioscoop nl(nl) m.
Esperanto: kinejo eo(eo)
Filipino: sinehan
Finnish: elokuvateatteri
French: cinéma fr(fr) m.
German: Kino de(de) n.
Greek: κινηματογράφος el(el) (kinimatográfos) m., (informal) σινεμά el(el) (sinemá) n.
Gujarati: ચલચિત્રપટ (chulchitraput)
Hebrew: בית־קולנוע (beit-qolnóa) m.
Hungarian: mozi hu(hu)
Ido: cinemo io(io)
Italian: cinema it(it) m.

Japanese: 映画館 (えいがかん, eigakan)
Korean: 영화관 (映畵館) ko(ko) (yeonghwagwan)
Kurdish:

Sorani: سینه‌ما ku(ku) (seenamA)
Macedonian: кино mk(mk) (kíno) n.
Polish: kino pl(pl) n.
Portuguese: cinema pt(pt) f.
Russian: кинотеатр (kinoteátr) m., кино (kinó) n. (colloquial)
Slovene: kino sl(sl) m.
Spanish: cinematógrafo m., cine m.
Tagalog: sinehan tl(tl)
Turkish: sinema tr(tr)
Ukrainian: кінотеатр uk(uk) (kinoteátr) m.
Uyghur: كىنوخانا (kinoxana / кинохана)
Vietnamese: rạp phim, rạp chiếu phim, rạp xi nê, rạp xi-nê

film or movies as a group

Bulgarian: кино bg(bg) n.
Chinese: 電影, 电影 (diàn yǐng)
French: cinéma fr(fr) m.
German: Kino de(de) n.
Greek: κινηματογράφος el(el) (kinematográfos) m.

Hebrew: קולנוע (qolnóa) m.
Japanese: 映画 (えいが, eiga), フィルム (firumu)
Russian: кино ru(ru) (kinó) n.
Vietnamese: phim, điện ảnh

the film and movie industry

Bulgarian: кинематография bg(bg) f.
Chinese: 電影業, 电影业 (diàn yǐng yè)
Dutch: filmindustrie f.
Finnish: elokuvateollisuus
French: cinéma fr(fr) m.
German: Filmindustrie f., Kino n.
Greek: κινηματογράφος el(el) (kinematográfos) m.
Gujarati: ચલચિત્ર ઉદ્યોગ (chalchitra udhyoga)

Hebrew: קולנוע (qolnoa) m.
Hungarian: filmgyártás
Japanese: 映画産業 (えいがさんぎょう, eigasangyō)
Polish: kinematografia f., kino n.
Portuguese: indústria cinematográfica pt(pt) f.
Russian: кино ru(ru) (kinó) n.
Vietnamese: ngành phim, ngành điện ảnh

the art of making films and movies

Bulgarian: кинематография bg(bg) f.
Chinese: 電影製作術, 电影制作术 (diàn yǐng jì zuò shù)
French: cinéma fr(fr) m.
German: Kino de(de) n.
Greek: κινηματογράφος el(el) (kinimatográfos) m.
Hebrew: קולנוע (qolnóa) m.
Italian: cinematografo it(it) m.
Japanese: 撮影 (さつえい, satsuei)

Korean: 촬영 (撮影) ko(ko) (chwaryeong)
Macedonian: кинематографија mk(mk) (kinematográfija) f.
Polish: kinematografia f.
Portuguese: cinematografia pt(pt) f.
Russian: кино ru(ru) (kinó) n.
Turkish: sinematografi
Vietnamese: nghệ thuật phim, nghệ thuật điện ảnh

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Arabic: سينما (sínema) f.

Latin: cinematographus m.
Serbian:

Cyrillic: кинотеатр m.

Roman: cineteatr
Spanish: cine m.

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[edit] Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Cinema

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[edit] Etymology

From French cinéma < Ancient Greek κίνημα (kinēma), “‘movement’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: [ˈtʃiː.ne.ma], /ˈtʃinema/, SAMPA: /"tSinema/
Hyphenation: cì‧ne‧ma

[edit] Noun

cinema m. inv.

(art and industry) cinema
(movie theatre) cinema, movie theater, film theatre

[edit] Synonyms

(2) cinematografo, sala cinematografica

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[edit] See also

teatro

[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Etymology

From French cinéma < Ancient Greek κίνημα (kinēma), “‘movement’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /siˈne.mɐ/, /si"nema/

[edit] Noun

cinema m.

cinema, film theatre

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cinema

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