cinema

See also: cinéma and cínemą

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/

  • Audio (US):

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

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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.

5. (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.

6. (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

• anticinema
• cinemaddict
• cinemagoer
• cinema-goer
• cinemagoing
• cinema hall
• cinemaholic
• cinemaic
• cinemalike
• cinemansion
• cinemaphile
• cinemaphobe
• cinemaphotography
• cinematherapy
• cinematology
• cinema verite
• cinemology
• cinemuck
• cineplex
• Cinerama
• 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)
• → 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, bioskop (rare, colloquial)
• 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)
• 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 jyun^6-2)

  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)

  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: cinema (nl) m, bioscoop (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 (beit 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)
• 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) (citrapaṭgŕh), 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 (fa) (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)
• 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 (fa) (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
• 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
• 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
• 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)
• 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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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Noun

cinema m (plural cinemes)

1. cinema

Related terms

• cinematògraf
• cinematografia

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)

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ne.ma/

• Audio:

  (file)

• 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/, [kiːˈneːmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈne.ma/, [t͡ʃiˈnɛːmä]

Noun

cīnēma n (genitive cīnēmatis); third declension

1. (New Latin) cinema

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cīnēma	cīnēmata
Genitive	cīnēmatis	cīnēmatum
Dative	cīnēmatī	cīnēmatibus
Accusative	cīnēma	cīnēmata
Ablative	cīnēmate	cīnēmatibus
Vocative	cīnēma	cīnēmata

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French cinéma or a reduction of cinematógrafo, 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/

• 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)

Related terms

• cinemática
• cinematografia
• cinematográfico
• cinematógrafo

 

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cinéma.

Noun

cinema n (plural cinemauri)

1. cinema

Declension

Declension of cinema

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cinema	cinemaul	(niște) cinemauri	cinemaurile
genitive/dative	(unui) cinema	cinemaului	(unor) cinemauri	cinemaurilor
vocative	cinemaule		cinemaurilor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θiˈnema/ [θiˈne.ma]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /siˈnema/ [siˈne.ma]
• 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “cinema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014