cinema
nounUS /ˈsɪn.ə.mə/ · UK /ˈsɪn.ɪ.mə/
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.
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A movie theatre, a movie house.
- The cinema is right across the street from the restaurant.
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Broadcasting, Film, Media, Television Films collectively.
- Despite the critics, he produced excellent cinema.
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Broadcasting, Film, Media, Television The film and movie industry.
- In the long history of Spanish cinema[…].
- 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.2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:
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Broadcasting, Film, Media, Television The art of making films and movies; cinematography.
- Throughout the history of cinema, filmmakers[…].
- 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.2005, Tom O'Regan, Australian National Cinema, page 79:
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Internet A sophisticated or exemplary film, representative of the art of cinema.
- Derived terms
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absolute cinema, anticinema, cinemaddict, cinema-goer, cinemagoer, cinemagoing, cinema hall, cinemaholic, cinemaic, cinemalike, cinemansion, cinemaphile, cinemaphobe, cinemaphotography, cinematherapy, cinematology, cinema verite, cinemology, cinemuck, cineplex, Cinerama, direct cinema, ecocinema, home cinema, hyperlink cinema, machinima, metacinema, microcinema, neurocinema, noncinema, precinema, prisoner's cinema, silent cinema, skinema, supercinema- Related terms
- cine, cinematic, cinematographic, cinematography, kinema