cinema

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See also: cinéma and cínemą

English

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Etymology

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

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɪn.ə.mə/
    • Audio (US):(file)
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɪn.ɪ.mə/, /ˈsɪn.ɪ.mɑː/

Noun

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.
  5. (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.
  6. (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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Pronunciation

Noun

cinema m (plural cinemes)

  1. cinema

Dutch

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ci‧ne‧ma

Noun

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)

Italian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Pronunciation

Noun

cīnēma n (genitive cīnēmatis); third declension

  1. (New Latin) cinema

Declension

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Noun

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)

Derived terms

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cinéma.

Noun

cinema n (plural cinemauri)

  1. cinema

Declension

Declension of cinema
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) cinema cinemaul (niște) cinemauri cinemaurile
genitive/dative (unui) cinema cinemaului (unor) cinemauri cinemaurilor
vocative cinemaule cinemaurilor

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θiˈnema/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /siˈnema/
  • Rhymes: -ema
  • Syllabification: ci‧ne‧ma

Etymology 1

Reduction of cinematógrafo.

Noun

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
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Reduction of cinemática.

Noun

cinema f (plural cinemas)

  1. (physics) kinematics
    Synonym: cinemática

Adjective

cinema (invariable)

  1. (physics) related to movement
    Synonym: cinemática

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