sinema

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French cinéma (“cinema”).

Noun

sinema

1. cinema

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch cinema, from French cinéma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɪˈne.ma]
• Hyphenation: si‧né‧ma

Noun

sinéma (first-person possessive sinemaku, second-person possessive sinemamu, third-person possessive sinemanya)

1. cinema,
   1. a movie theatre, a movie house.

      Synonym: bioskop

   2. films collectively.

      Synonym: film

Further reading

• “sinema” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Swahili

Etymology

From English cinema.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

sinema (n class, plural sinema)

1. movie theater

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سینه‌ما‎ (sinema), from French cinéma.

Noun

sinema (definite accusative sinemayı, plural sinemalar)

1. cinema; movie theater [from 1895]

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “sinema”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN