cinema

== English == === 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/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɪn.ɪ.mə/, /ˈsɪn.ɪ.mɑː/ Hyphenation: ci‧ne‧ma === Noun === cinema (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 (film, uncountable) Films collectively. (film, uncountable) The film and movie industry. (film, countable, uncountable) The art of making films and movies; cinematography. Synonym: seventh art (Internet slang, uncountable) A sophisticated or exemplary film, representative of the art of cinema. Synonym: kino (by extension, humorous) Any media or event that is exemplary. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Bengali: সিনেমা (śinema) → Gujarati: સિનેમા (sinemā) → Hindi: सिनेमा (sinemā) → Irish: cineama → 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 ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Mencia, anemic, came in, iceman == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [siˈne̞.mə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [siˈne.mə] IPA(key): (Central) [siˈnɛ.mə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [siˈne.ma] === Noun === cinema m (plural cinemes) cinema ==== Related terms ==== cinematògraf cinematografia == Cornish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English cinema, itself borrowed from French cinéma, from cinématographe, from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “movement”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write, record”). === Noun === cinema m (plural cinemas) cinema Synonym: gwaya mirva === References === “cinema” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek. == Dutch == === 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) cinema; movie theater (building where films are shown to an audience) (uncountable) cinema (the art or industry of making films) ==== Related terms ==== == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French cinéma, from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “movement”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ne.ma/ Rhymes: -inema Hyphenation: cì‧ne‧ma === Noun === cinema m (invariable) (art and industry) cinema (movie theatre) cinema, movie theater, film theatre Synonyms: cinematografo, sala cinematografica ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== teatro === Anagrams === macine, minace, nemica == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kiːˈneː.ma] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃiˈnɛː.ma] === Noun === cīnēma n (genitive cīnēmatis); third declension (New Latin) cinema ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from French cinéma, reduction of cinématographe, ultimately from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “movement”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -emɐ Homophone: sinema Hyphenation: ci‧ne‧ma === Noun === cinema 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) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Hunsrik: Cinema === Further reading === “cinema”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cinema”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “cinema”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French cinéma. === Noun === cinema n (plural cinemauri) cinema ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θiˈnema/ [θiˈne.ma] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /siˈnema/ [siˈne.ma] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -ema Syllabification: ci‧ne‧ma === Etymology 1 === Reduction of cinematógrafo. ==== Noun ==== cinema 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 ===== === Etymology 2 === Reduction of cinemática. ==== Noun ==== cinema f (plural cinemas) (physics) kinematics Synonym: cinemática ==== Adjective ==== cinema (invariable) (physics) related to movement Synonym: cinemática === Further reading === “cinema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “cinema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025