cinema

See also: cinéma and cínemą

English

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cinema

Wikipedia

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/

  • Audio (US):

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪn.ɪ.mə/, /ˈsɪn.ɪ.mɑː/

  • Audio (UK):

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• Hyphenation: ci‧ne‧ma

Noun

cinema (countable and uncountable, plural cinemas)

2. (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.

3. (film, uncountable) Films collectively.

   Despite the critics, he produced excellent cinema.

4. (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.

6. (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.

7. (Internet slang, uncountable) A sophisticated or exemplary film, representative of the art of cinema.

   Synonym: kino

   1. (by extension, humorous) Any media or event that is exemplary.

      That game was absolute cinema.

Derived terms

• 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

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

movie — see movie

a film/movie theatre

Afrikaans: kinema, bioskoop (af) Albanian: kinema (sq) f Ambonese Malay: bioskop Amharic: ሲኒማ (sinima) Arabic: سِينَمَا f (sīnamā) Egyptian Arabic: سِينِمَا f (sínima), سِيمَا f (sīma), سِينِمَات pl (sinimāt), Armenian: կինոթատրոն (hy) (kinotʻatron), կինո (hy) (kino) Asturian: cine (ast) m Azerbaijani: kinoteatr, kino (az) Belarusian: кінатэа́тр m (kinateátr), кіно́ (be) n (kinó), кінатэа́тар m (kinateátar) (Taraškievica) Bengali: সিনেমা (bn) (śinema) Bulgarian: ки́но (bg) n (kíno) Burmese: ရုပ်ရှင်ရုံ (my) (ruphrang-rum) Carpathian Rusyn: кіно n (kino) Catalan: cinema (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 戲院 / 戏院 (hei3 jyun6-2) Dungan: дянйинүан (di͡anyinüan) Hakka: 電影院 / 电影院 (thien-yáng-yen / thien-yáng-yan) Hokkien: 電影院 / 电影院 (tiān-iáⁿ-īⁿ) Jin: 電影院 / 电影院 (die3 ing2 ye3) Mandarin: 電影院 / 电影院 (zh) (diànyǐngyuàn), 影院 (zh) (yǐngyuàn) Northern Min: 電影院 / 电影院 (dīng-iǒng-nguīng) Wu: 電影院 / 电影院 (6di-in-ghoe) Czech: kino (cs) n Danish: biograf (da) c, bio Dutch: bioscoop (nl) m, cinema (nl) m Elfdalian: bio m Esperanto: kinejo Estonian: kino (et) Faroese: biografur (fo) Finnish: elokuvateatteri (fi), elokuva (fi), leffa (fi) (colloquial) French: cinéma (fr) m Georgian: კინოთეატრი (ḳinoteaṭri), კინო (ḳino) German: Kino (de) n, Filmtheater (de) n, Lichtspielhaus (de) n (dated) Greek: σινεμά (el) n (sinemá) Greenlandic: biografi, filmertarfik Gujarati: ચલચિત્રપટ (calcitrapaṭ), સિનેમા (sinemā), સિનેમાઘર n (sinemāghar) Hebrew: בֵּית קוֹלנוֹעַ (he) m (bet kolnóa), קוֹלְנוֹעַ (he) m (kolnóa) Hindi: सिनेमा (hi) m (sinemā), सिनेमाघर m (sinemāghar) Hungarian: mozi (hu), filmszínház (hu) Icelandic: bíó (is) n, kvikmyndahús (is) n Ido: cinemo (io) Indonesian: bioskop (id), sinema (id) Ingrian: kino Irish: pictiúrlann (ga) f Italian: cinema (it) m Japanese: 映画館 (ja) (えいがかん, eigakan) Kannada: ಸಿನಮಾ (sinamā) Kazakh: кино (kino), кинотеатр (kinoteatr) Khmer: រោងកុន (roong kon), រោងភាពយន្ត (roong phiəpyŭən) Korean: 영화관(映畵館) (ko) (yeonghwagwan), 극장(劇場) (ko) (geukjang) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: سینەما (sînema) Northern Kurdish: sînema (ku) Kyrgyz: кино (ky) (kino), кинотеатр (ky) (kinoteatr) Lao: ໂຮງຮູບເງົາ (hōng hūp ngao), ໂຮງຫນັງ (hōng nang), ຮູບເງົາ (hūp ngao), ຊິເນມາ (si nē mā) Latin: cīnēmatēum n Latvian: kinoteātris m, kino m Lithuanian: kino teatras m, kinas (lt) m Luxembourgish: Kino (lb) m Macedonian: кино n (kino), биоскоп (bioskop) (rare, colloquial) Malay: panggung wayang gambar (usually abbreviated as pawagam (ms)), sinema (ms) Malayalam: സിനിമ (ml) (sinima) Maltese: ċinema Maori: whare pikitia (mi) Marathi: चित्रपटगृह (mr) (citrapaṭgruh), सिनेमा (sinemā) Mongolian: Roman: кинотеатр (kinoteatr), кино (mn) (kino) Northern Sami: kino Norwegian: Bokmål: kino (no) m Nynorsk: kino m Pannonian Rusyn: кино n (kino) Pashto: سينما (ps) f (sinamā) Persian: Iranian Persian: سینِما (sinemâ), سالُنِ سینِما (sâlon-e sinemâ) Polish: kino (pl) n Portuguese: cinema (pt) m Punjabi: ਸਿਨਮਾ (pa) (sinmā) سِنما (sinmā) Romansch: kino m Russian: кинотеа́тр (ru) m (kinoteátr), кино́ (ru) n (kinó) (colloquial), кино́шка (ru) f (kinóška) (colloquial) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: би̏оскоп m (Montenegro, Serbia), ки́но n (Bosnia, Croatia) Roman: bȉoskop (sh) m (Montenegro, Serbia), kíno (sh) n (Bosnia, Croatia) Sicilian: cìnima m Sinhalese: සිනමාහල (sinamāhala) Slovak: kino n Slovene: kino (sl) m Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: kino n Spanish: cine (es) m, cinematógrafo (es) m Sranan Tongo: kino Swahili: sinema (sw) Swedish: biograf (sv) c, bio (sv) c Tagalog: sinehan Tajik: кинотеатр (tg) (kinoteatr), кино (tg) (kino), синамо (sinamo) Tamil: சினிமா (ta) (ciṉimā), திரையரங்கு (ta) (tiraiyaraṅku), திரையரங்கம் (tiraiyaraṅkam) Tatar: кинотеатр (kinoteatr), кино (kino) Telugu: సినిమా (te) (sinimā) Thai: โรงภาพยนตร์ (roong-pâap-pá-yon), โรงหนัง (roong-nǎng) Turkish: sinema (tr), sinema salonu (tr) Turkmen: kinoteatr, kino Ukrainian: кінотеа́тр (uk) m (kinoteátr), кіно́ (uk) n (kinó) Urdu: سِنیما m (sinemā), سِنیما گَھر m (sinemā ghar) Uyghur: كىنوخانا (kinoxana), كىنو (kino) Uzbek: kinoteatr (uz), kino (uz) Vietnamese: rạp phim, rạp chiếu phim, rạp xi nê, rạp xi-nê, rạp điện ảnh Volapük: bioskopöp Welsh: sinema (cy) Yiddish: קינאָ n (kino)

films collectively

Assamese: চলচ্চিত্ৰ (solossitro) Belarusian: кіно́ (be) n (kinó) Bulgarian: ки́но (bg) n (kíno) Chinese: Cantonese: 電影 / 电影 (din6 jing2) Mandarin: 電影 / 电影 (zh) (diànyǐng) Danish: film (da) c Esperanto: filmaro Finnish: elokuva (fi) French: cinéma (fr) m German: Kino (de) n Greek: κινηματογράφος (el) m (kinimatográfos) Hebrew: קוֹלְנוֹעַ (he) m (kolnóa') Ingrian: kino Japanese: 映画 (ja) (えいが, eiga), フィルム (ja) (firumu) Korean: 영화(映畫) (ko) (yeonghwa) Latvian: kino m Persian: Iranian Persian: سینِما (sinemâ) Polish: kino (pl) n Portuguese: cinema (pt) m Russian: кино́ (ru) n (kinó) Spanish: cine (es) m, cinema (es) m Swedish: film (sv) Tajik: кино (tg) (kino), синамо (sinamo) Ukrainian: кіно́ (uk) n (kinó) Vietnamese: phim (vi), điện ảnh (vi) (電影)

the film and movie industry

Assamese: চলচ্চিত্ৰ (solossitro) Belarusian: кінематагра́фія (be) f (kinjematahráfija), кінемато́граф m (kinjematóhraf), кінэматагра́фія f (kinematahráfija), кінэмато́граф m (kinematóhraf) Bulgarian: кинематогра́фия f (kinematográfija) Chinese: Cantonese: 電影業 / 电影业 (din6 jing2 jip6) Mandarin: 電影業 / 电影业 (zh) (diànyǐngyè) Danish: filmbranche c, filmindustri c Dutch: filmindustrie (nl) f Esperanto: kinindustrio Finnish: elokuvateollisuus (fi) French: cinéma (fr) m German: Filmindustrie (de) f, Kino (de) n Greek: κινηματογράφος (el) m (kinimatográfos) Gujarati: ચલચિત્ર ઉદ્યોગ (calcitra udyog) Hebrew: קוֹלְנוֹעַ (he) m (kolnóa') Hungarian: filmgyártás (hu) Ingrian: kino Irish: tionscal na scannán m Japanese: 映画産業 (えいがさんぎょう, eigasangyō) Kazakh: кино өнері (kino önerı), кинематография (kinematografiä) Korean: 영화 산업(映畫産業) (yeonghwa saneop) Latvian: kinematogrāfija f Polish: kinematografia (pl) f, kino (pl) n Portuguese: indústria cinematográfica f Romanian: cinematografie (ro) f Russian: кино́ (ru) n (kinó), кинематогра́фия (ru) f (kinematográfija), кинемато́граф (ru) m (kinematógraf) Sicilian: cìnima m Spanish: cine (es) m, cinema (es) m Swedish: film (sv), filmbransch Tamil: திரைப்படத்துறை (tiraippaṭattuṟai) Ukrainian: кінематогра́фія (uk) f (kinematohráfija), кінемато́граф (uk) m (kinematóhraf) Vietnamese: ngành phim, ngành điện ảnh (vi)

the art of making films and movies

Assamese: চলচ্চিত্ৰ (solossitro) Bulgarian: кинематогра́фия f (kinematográfija) Catalan: cinema (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 電影製作術 / 电影制作术 (diànyǐng jìzuò shù) Esperanto: kinarto Finnish: filmitaide (fi), elokuvataide (fi) French: cinéma (fr) m German: Kino (de) n Greek: κινηματογράφος (el) m (kinimatográfos) Hebrew: קוֹלְנוֹעַ (he) m (kolnóa') Hungarian: filmművészet (hu), film (hu) Icelandic: kvikmyndalist f Ingrian: kino Irish: scannánaíocht f, cineama m Italian: cinematografo (it) m, cinematografia (it) f Japanese: 撮影 (ja) (さつえい, satsuei) Kazakh: киноөнер (kinoöner), кино өнері (kino önerı), кинематография (kinematografiä) Korean: 촬영(撮影) (ko) (chwaryeong) Latvian: kinematogrāfija f Macedonian: кинематогра́фија f (kinematográfija) Polish: kinematografia (pl) f, kino (pl) n Portuguese: cinematografia f, cinema (pt) m Romanian: cinematografie (ro) f Russian: кино́ (ru) n (kinó), кинематогра́фия (ru) f (kinematográfija), кинемато́граф (ru) m (kinematógraf), киноиску́сство (ru) n (kinoiskússtvo) Spanish: cine (es) m, cinema (es) m Swedish: film (sv), filmkonst Turkish: sinematografi (tr) Ukrainian: кіномисте́цтво n (kinomystéctvo) Vietnamese: nghệ thuật phim, nghệ thuật điện ảnh (vi)

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Translations to be checked

Latin: (please verify) cinematographus m

Anagrams

• Mencia, anemic, came in, iceman

Catalan

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:

cinema

Wikipedia ^ca

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [siˈnɛ.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [siˈne.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [siˈne.ma]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

cinema m (plural cinemes)

1. cinema

Related terms

• cinematògraf
• cinematografia

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

cinema

Wikipedia ^nl

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)

1. cinema; movie theater (building where films are shown to an audience)
2. (uncountable) cinema (the art or industry of making films)

Related terms

• cinematograaf
• cinematografie

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

cinema

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

Borrowed from French cinéma, from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “movement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ne.ma/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -inema
• Hyphenation: cì‧ne‧ma

Noun

cinema m (invariable)

1. (art and industry) cinema

   Il cinema è una lingua universale.   —Pier Paolo Pasolini

   Cinema is a universal language.

2. (movie theatre) cinema, movie theater, film theatre

   Synonyms: cinematografo, sala cinematografica

Related terms

• cine-
• cinegiornale
• cinema d'animazione
• cinema d'essai
• cinema muto
• cinema sonoro
• cinemateatro
• cinematico
• cinematografia
• cineparcheggio

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

1. (New Latin) cinema

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	cīnēma	cīnēmata
genitive	cīnēmatis	cīnēmatum
dative	cīnēmatī	cīnēmatibus
accusative	cīnēma	cīnēmata
ablative	cīnēmate	cīnēmatibus
vocative	cīnēma	cīnēmata

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

cinema

Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology

Borrowed from French cinéma, reduction of cinématographe, ultimately from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “movement”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈnẽ.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈnẽ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈne.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈne.mɐ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -emɐ
• Homophone: sinema
• Hyphenation: ci‧ne‧ma

Noun

cinema m (plural cinemas)

1. cinema; movie theater (building where films are shown to an audience)
2. (uncountable) cinema (the art or industry of making films)

   Synonym: cinematografia

3. cinema (films from a particular place or of a particular style as a group)

Derived terms

• Cinema Novo
• Novo Cinema

Related terms

• cineasta
• cinemateca
• cinemática
• cinemático
• cinematografia
• cinematográfico
• cinematógrafo

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Cinema

Further reading

• “cinema”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “cinema”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cinéma.

Noun

cinema n (plural cinemauri)

1. cinema

Declension

Declension of cinema

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cinema	cinemaul		cinemauri	cinemaurile
genitive-dative	cinema	cinemaului		cinemauri	cinemaurilor
vocative	cinemaule			cinemaurilor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θiˈnema/ [θiˈne.ma] (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)

1. cinema; movie theater (building where films are shown to an audience)

   Synonym: cine

2. cinema (the art or industry of making films)

   Synonym: cine

Derived terms

• cámara de cine
• cine continuado
• cine de autor
• cine mudo
• cine sonoro
• de cine

Etymology 2

Reduction of cinemática.

Noun

cinema f (plural cinemas)

1. (physics) kinematics

   Synonym: cinemática

Adjective

cinema (invariable)

1. (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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “cinema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024