cinema
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
editNoun
editcinema (countable and uncountable, plural cinemas)
- (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.
- (film, uncountable) Films collectively.
- Despite the critics, he produced excellent cinema.
- (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.
- (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.
- (Internet slang, uncountable) A sophisticated or exemplary film, representative of the art of cinema.
- Synonym: kino
Derived terms
edit- anticinema
- cinemaddict
- cinemagoer
- cinema-goer
- cinemagoing
- cinema hall
- cinemaholic
- cinemaic
- cinemalike
- cinemansion
- cinemaphile
- cinemaphobe
- cinemaphotography
- cinematherapy
- cinematology
- cinema verite
- cinemology
- cinemuck
- cineplex
- Cinerama
- ecocinema
- home cinema
- hyperlink cinema
- machinima
- metacinema
- microcinema
- neurocinema
- noncinema
- precinema
- prisoner's cinema
- silent cinema
- skinema
- supercinema
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- → Bengali: সিনেমা (śinema)
- → Gujarati: સિનેમા (sinemā)
- → Hindi: सिनेमा (sinemā)
- → Kannada: ಸಿನಮಾ (sinamā)
- → Lao: ຊິເນມາ (si nē mā)
- → Malayalam: സിനിമ (sinima)
- → Punjabi: ਸਿਨਮਾ (sinmā)
- → Sinhalese: සිනමාහල (sinamāhala)
- → Tamil: சினிமா (ciṉimā)
- → Telugu: సినిమా (sinimā), సైన్మ (sainma), సీన్మ (sīnma) — Telangana
- → Urdu: سِنیما (sinemā)
- → Welsh: sinema
- → Yoruba: sinimá
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Anagrams
editCatalan
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [siˈnɛ.mə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [siˈne.mə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [siˈne.ma]
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Noun
editcinema m (plural cinemes)
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editDutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French cinéma, ultimately from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “movement”).
Pronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: ci‧ne‧ma
Noun
editcinema m (plural cinema's, diminutive cinemaatje n)
- cinema; movie theater (building where films are shown to an audience)
- (uncountable) cinema (the art or industry of making films)
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editItalian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French cinéma, from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “movement”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcinema m (invariable)
- (art and industry) cinema
- Il cinema è una lingua universale. —Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Cinema is a universal language.
- (movie theatre) cinema, movie theater, film theatre
- Synonyms: cinematografo, sala cinematografica
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editSee also
editAnagrams
editLatin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kiːˈneː.ma/, [kiːˈneːmä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈne.ma/, [t͡ʃiˈnɛːmä]
Noun
editcīnēma n (genitive cīnēmatis); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | cīnēma | cīnēmata |
Genitive | cīnēmatis | cīnēmatum |
Dative | cīnēmatī | cīnēmatibus |
Accusative | cīnēma | cīnēmata |
Ablative | cīnēmate | cīnēmatibus |
Vocative | cīnēma | cīnēmata |
Portuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French cinéma or a reduction of cinematógrafo, ultimately from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “movement”).
Pronunciation
edit
Noun
editcinema m (plural cinemas)
- cinema; movie theater (building where films are shown to an audience)
- (uncountable) cinema (the art or industry of making films)
- Synonym: cinematografia
- cinema (films from a particular place or of a particular style as a group)
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editRomanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editcinema n (plural cinemauri)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||
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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
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /θiˈnema/ [θiˈne.ma]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /siˈnema/ [siˈne.ma]
- Rhymes: -ema
- Syllabification: ci‧ne‧ma
Etymology 1
editReduction of cinematógrafo.
Noun
editcinema m (plural cinemas)
- cinema; movie theater (building where films are shown to an audience)
- Synonym: cine
- cinema (the art or industry of making films)
- Synonym: cine
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editReduction of cinemática.
Noun
editcinema f (plural cinemas)
- (physics) kinematics
- Synonym: cinemática
Adjective
editcinema (invariable)
- (physics) related to movement
- Synonym: cinemática
Further reading
edit- “cinema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- “cinema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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