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Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from French cinéma, clipping of cinématographe,[1] a compound from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma), stem κινηματο- (kinēmato-) + -γράφος (-gráphos) from γράφω (gráphō, “write”).[2] Doublet of κίνημα (kínima) and the vernacular masculine σινεμάς (sinemás).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.neˈma/
- Hyphenation: σι‧νε‧μά
Noun
σινεμά • (sinemá) n (indeclinable)
- cinema (film/movie theatre)
Synonyms
- κινηματογράφος m (kinimatográfos, “film, film theatre, art of film making”)
References
- ^ σινεμά, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ σινεμά - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre