cinephile

See also: cinéphile

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cinéphile, equivalent to cine +‎ -phile.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnɪfɑɪl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnəˌfaɪl/

Noun

cinephile (plural cinephiles)

1. An enthusiast of films and the cinema; a cineast.
   • 2016 March 3, David Thomson, The Guardian‎^[1]:

     The gulf between cinephiles and the public has grown wide. There are pictures that make a lot of money, but seldom win big Oscars or attract young people to the show

Synonyms

• filmaholic
• filmgoer
• moviegoer
• movieholic
• cineast, cineaste

Related terms

• cinephilia
• cinephilic

Translations

enthusiast of films and cinema

• Catalan: cinèfil (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 影迷 (zh) (yǐngmí)

• French: cinéphile (fr) m or f
• German: Cineast (de) m, Cineastin (de) f
• Italian: cinefilo (it) m, cinefila f
• Japanese: 映画ファン (えいがファン, eiga fan)
• Polish: kinoman (pl) m, kinomaniak (pl) m, kinomanka f
• Portuguese: cinéfilo (pt) m, cinéfila f
• Russian: киноман (ru) m (kinoman)
• Spanish: cinéfilo m, cinéfila f
• Swedish: filmälskare c, cineast (sv) c, filmkännare c