cinéma
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cinéma m (plural cinémas)
- cinema (the art of making films and movies)
- Le cinéma est un langage universel. ― Cinema is a universal language.
- (cinematography) cinema (the film and movie industry)
- cinema (film or movies as a group)
- cinema (movie theatre)
- Je suis allé au cinéma samedi dernier. ― I went to the cinema last Saturday.
- (informal) playacting, drama, fuss
- Arrête ton cinéma! ― Cut it out! / Stop your acting!
Synonyms edit
- (all): ciné
- (movie theatre): salle de cinéma
- (art of making films): cinématographie
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Arabic: سِينَمَا (sīnamā)
- → English: cinema
- → Greek: σινεμά (sinemá)
- Haitian Creole: sinema
- → Italian: cinema
- → Japanese: シネマ (shinema)
- → Ottoman Turkish: سینهما (sinema)
- Turkish: sinema
- → Persian: سینما (sinamâ)
- → Romanian: cinema
- → Sicilian: cìnima
Further reading edit
- “cinéma”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.