Cinema
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /ˈsɪn.ɪ.mə/, /ˈsɪn.ə.mə/
- UK IPA: /ˈsɪn.ə.mɑ:/
Origin
Borrowing from fr {{2}} cinéma, shortening of cinématographe (term coined by the Lumière brothers in the 1890s), from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kinēma, "movement")
Full definition of cinema
Noun
cinema
(countable and uncountable; plural cinemas)- (countable) A film.
- (countable) A movie theatre, a movie houseThe cinema is right across the street from the restaurant.
- (film, uncountable) Film or movies as a group.Despite the critics, he produced excellent cinema.
- (film, uncountable) The film and movie industry.
- 2013-06-29, Travels and travails, 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.
- In the long history of Spanish cinema....
- (film, uncountable) The art of making films and movies.Throughout the history of cinema, filmmakers....
Synonyms
- film, movie chiefly US
- movie theatre rare, movie theater chiefly US, movie house chiefly US, pictures (regional, dated
- seventh art (the art of making films and movies)