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 the Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “movement”) + the French suffix -graphe.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈsɪn.ɪ.mə/, /ˈsɪn.ə.mə/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɪn.ə.mɑː/
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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.
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2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:
- Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.
- In the long history of Spanish cinema […] .
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- (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)
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Translations[edit]
movie — see movie
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 (kínēma, “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
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- cine-
- cinegiornale
- cinema d'animazione
- cinema d'essai
- cinema muto
- cinema sonoro
- cinemateatro
- cinematico
- cinematografia
- cineparcheggio
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Anagrams[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French cinéma, from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “movement”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cinema m
- cinema, film theatre
Related terms[edit]
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