cinema
Meanings
Plural: cinemas
Noun
- a medium that disseminates moving pictures
- "this story would be good cinema"
- a theater where films are shown
- A movie theatre, a movie house
- Films collectively.
- The film and movie industry.
- The art of making films and movies; cinematography
- A sophisticated or exemplary film, representative of the art of cinema.
- A sophisticated or exemplary film, representative of the art of cinema.
- Any media or event that is exemplary.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
celluloid, film, kino, movie house, movie theater, movie theatre, moviehouse, movies, picture palace, pictures, seventh art
Scrabble Score: 10
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