English Explanatory Dictionary

cinema

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A movie theatre, a movie house.
  2. Films collectively.
  3. The film and movie industry.
  4. The art of making films and movies; cinematography.
  5. A sophisticated or exemplary film, representative of the art of cinema.
  6. Any media or event that is exemplary.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪn.ə.mə/ En-us-cinema.ogg /ˈsɪn.ɪ.mə/ /ˈsɪn.ɪ.mɑː/ En-uk-cinema.ogg

Word forms

cinema cinemas

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂-der. Ancient Greek κινέω (kinéō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μα (-ma) Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γράφος (-gráphos)bor. Latin -graphuslbor. French -graphe French cinématographeclip. French cinémabor. English cinema 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.

Synonyms

pictures moviehouse movies movie theater movie theatre seventh art kino

Related words

cine cinematic cinematographic cinematography kinema

Derived words

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
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