cinema
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[edit] English
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From French cinéma, shortening of cinématographe (term coined by the Lumière brothers in the 1890s) < Ancient Greek κίνημα (kinēma) "movement"
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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....
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- 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
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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[edit] Italian
[edit] Etymology
From French cinéma < Ancient Greek κίνημα (kinēma), “‘movement’”)
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cinema m. inv.
- (art and industry) cinema
- (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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[edit] Portuguese
[edit] Etymology
From French cinéma < Ancient Greek κίνημα (kinēma), “‘movement’”)
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- IPA: /siˈne.mɐ/, /si"nema/
[edit] Noun
cinema m.
- cinema, film theatre
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Categories: French derivations | Ancient Greek derivations | English nouns | English countable nouns | Cinematography | English uncountable nouns | it:French derivations | it:Ancient Greek derivations | Italian nouns | Italian nouns with irregular gender | pt:French derivations | pt:Ancient Greek derivations | Portuguese nouns