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cinema

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See also: ċinema, cinéma, and cínemą

English

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂-der.
Ancient Greek κινέω (kinéō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Ancient Greek -μα (-ma)
Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma)
Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-
Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō)
Ancient Greek -γράφος (-gráphos)bor.
Latin -graphuslbor.
French -graphe
French cinématographeclip.
French cinémabor.
English cinema

    Borrowed from French cinéma, clipping of cinématographe (term coined by the Lumière brothers in the 1890s), from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “movement”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write, record”). Compare German Kino (“cinema”), ultimately from the same Greek source.

    Pronunciation

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    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɪn.ə.mə/
      • Audio (US):(file)
    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɪn.ɪ.mə/, /ˈsɪn.ɪ.mɑː/
    • Hyphenation: ci‧ne‧ma

    Noun

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    cinema (countable and uncountable, plural cinemas)

    2. (countable) A movie theatre, a movie house.
      Synonyms: (UK) pictures, (chiefly US) moviehouse, movies, (chiefly US) movie theater, (rare) movie theatre
      The cinema is right across the street from the restaurant.
    3. (film, uncountable) Films collectively.
      Despite the critics, he produced excellent cinema.
    4. (film, uncountable) The film and movie industry.
      In the long history of Spanish cinema […] .
      • 2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in 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.
    6. (film, countable, uncountable) The art of making films and movies; cinematography.
      Synonym: seventh art
      Throughout the history of cinema, filmmakers […] .
      • 2005, Tom O'Regan, Australian National Cinema, page 79:
        The French and Italian cinemas can seem to persist autonomously—in the sense of being spaces of separate development and marked difference from Hollywood and other national cinemas.
    7. (Internet slang, uncountable) A sophisticated or exemplary film, representative of the art of cinema.
      Synonym: kino
      1. (by extension, humorous) Any media or event that is exemplary.
        That game was absolute cinema.

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    Catalan

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    Noun

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    cinema m (plural cinemes)

    1. cinema
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    Cornish

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    Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂-der.
    Ancient Greek κινέω (kinéō)
    Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
    Ancient Greek -μα (-ma)
    Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma)
    Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-
    Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
    Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō)
    Ancient Greek -γράφος (-gráphos)bor.
    Latin -graphuslbor.
    French -graphe
    French cinématographeclip.
    French cinémabor.
    English cinemabor.
    Cornish cinema

      Borrowed from English cinema, itself borrowed from French cinéma, from cinématographe, from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “movement”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write, record”).

      Noun

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      cinema m (plural cinemas)

      1. cinema
        Synonym: gwaya mirva

      References

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      • “cinema” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

      Dutch

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from French cinéma, ultimately from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “movement”).

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      • Hyphenation: ci‧ne‧ma

      Noun

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      cinema m (plural cinema's, diminutive cinemaatje n)

      1. cinema; movie theater (building where films are shown to an audience)
      2. (uncountable) cinema (the art or industry of making films)
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      Italian

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from French cinéma, from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “movement”).

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ne.ma/
      • Audio:(file)
      • Rhymes: -inema
      • Hyphenation: cì‧ne‧ma

      Noun

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      cinema m (invariable)

      1. (art and industry) cinema
        Il cinema è una lingua universale.   —Pier Paolo Pasolini
        Cinema is a universal language.
      2. (movie theatre) cinema, movie theater, film theatre
        Synonyms: cinematografo, sala cinematografica
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      Latin

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      cīnēma n (genitive cīnēmatis); third declension

      1. (New Latin) cinema

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      Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

      singular plural
      nominative cīnēma cīnēmata
      genitive cīnēmatis cīnēmatum
      dative cīnēmatī cīnēmatibus
      accusative cīnēma cīnēmata
      ablative cīnēmate cīnēmatibus
      vocative cīnēma cīnēmata

      Portuguese

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      Etymology

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        Borrowed from French cinéma, reduction of cinématographe, ultimately from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “movement”).

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        cinema m (plural cinemas)

        1. cinema; movie theater (building where films are shown to an audience)
        2. (uncountable) cinema (the art or industry of making films)
          Synonym: cinematografia
        3. cinema (films from a particular place or of a particular style as a group)

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        Romanian

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        Etymology

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        Borrowed from French cinéma.

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        cinema n (plural cinemauri)

        1. cinema

        Declension

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        singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative-accusative cinema cinemaul cinemauri cinemaurile
        genitive-dative cinema cinemaului cinemauri cinemaurilor
        vocative cinemaule cinemaurilor

        Spanish

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        Etymology 1

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        Reduction of cinematógrafo.

        Noun

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        cinema m (plural cinemas)

        1. cinema; movie theater (building where films are shown to an audience)
          Synonym: cine
        2. cinema (the art or industry of making films)
          Synonym: cine
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        Etymology 2

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        Reduction of cinemática.

        Noun

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        cinema f (plural cinemas)

        1. (physics) kinematics
          Synonym: cinemática

        Adjective

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        cinema (invariable)

        1. (physics) related to movement
          Synonym: cinemática

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