cinema
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Borrowing from French cinéma, shortening of cinématographe (term coined by the Lumière brothers in the 1890s), from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kinēma, “movement”)
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
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.
- (film, uncountable) film or movies as a group
- Despite the critics, he produced excellent cinema.
- (film, uncountable) the film and movie industry
- In the long history of Spanish cinema....
- (film, uncountable) the art of making films and movies
- Throughout the history of cinema, filmmakers....
Synonyms [edit]
- 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)
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
a film
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a film/movie theatre
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film or movies as a group
the film and movie industry
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the art of making films and movies
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Anagrams [edit]
Catalan [edit]
Noun [edit]
cinema m (plural cinemes)
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Italian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French cinéma, from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kinēma, “movement”)
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
cinema m (invariable)
- (art and industry) cinema
- Il cinema è una lingua universale. —Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Cinema is a universal language.
- Il cinema è una lingua universale. —Pier Paolo Pasolini
- (movie theatre) cinema, movie theater, film theatre
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- cine-
- cinegiornale
- cinema d'animazione
- cinema d'essai
- cinema muto
- cinema sonoro
- cinemateatro
- cinematico
- cinematografia
- cineparcheggio
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Portuguese [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French cinéma, from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kinēma, “movement”)
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
cinema m
- cinema, film theatre
Related terms [edit]
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- en:Film
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- Catalan nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns ending in -a
- Italian terms derived from French
- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Italian nouns
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- Portuguese terms derived from French
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