Borrowed from French cinéma, clipping of cinématographe (time period Romance coined by the Lumière brothers inside the 1890s), from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “motion”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write, file”).Pronunciation[edit](US) IPA(key): /ˈsɪn.ə.mə/(UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɪn.ɪ.mə/, /ˈsɪn.ɪ.mɑː/Noun[edit]
cinema (countable and uncountable, plural cinemas)(countable) A movie theatre, a film houseSynonyms: (nearby, dated) pictures, (mainly US) movie house, movies, (mainly US) film theater, (rare) film theatre
The cinema is proper across the road from the eating place.(film, uncountable) Films together.
Despite the critics, he produced incredible cinema.(movie, uncountable) The movie and movie enterprise.
2013 June 29,“Travels and travails”, inThe Economist, volume 407, Drama wide variety 8842, web page 55:
Even with out hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-lifestyles tale of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be instantly out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and unique places may distract from the actual message: America’s pain and its foes’ glee.
In the lengthy records of Spanish cinema […] .(movie, uncountable) The art of making films and films; cinematographySynonym: 7th artwork
Throughout the history of cinema, filmmakers […] .[edit]cinecinematiccinematographiccinematographykinemaDescendants[edit]→ Hindi: सिनेमा (sinemā)→ Telugu: సినిమా (sinimā)Translations[edit]
a film/movie theatreAfrikaans: kinema, bioskoopAlbanian: kinema (sq) fAmbonese Malay: bioskopAmharic: ሲኒማ (sinima)Arabic: سِينَمَا f (sīnamā)Armenian: կինոթատրոն (hy) (kinotʿatron), կինո (hy) (kino)Azerbaijani: kinoteatr, kino (az)Belarusian: кінатэа́тр m Cinema (kinateátr), кіно́ (be) n (kinó), кінатэа́тар m (kinateátar) (Taraškievica)Bengali: সিনেমা (śinema)Bulgarian: ки́но (bg) n (kíno)Burmese: ရုပ်ရှင်ရုံ (ruphrang-rum)Catalan: cinema (ca) mChinese:Cantonese: 戲院, 戏院 (hei3 jyun6-2)Dungan: дянйинүан (di͡anyinüan)Hakka: 電影院, 电影院 (thien-yáng-yen / thien-yáng-yan)Mandarin: 電影院 (zh), 电影院 (zh) (diànyǐngyuàn)Min Nan: 電影院, 电影院 (tiān-iáⁿ-īⁿ)Wu: 電影院, 电影院 (di in hhoe)Czech: kino (cs) nDanish: biograf (da) c, bioDutch: cinema (nl) m, bioscoop (nl) mElfdalian: bio mEsperanto: kinejoEstonian: kino (et)Faroese: biografur (fo)Finnish: elokuvateatteri (fi), elokuva (fi), leffa (fi) (colloquial)French: cinéma (fr) mGeorgian: კინოთეატრი (ḳinoteaṭri), კინო (ḳino)German: Kino (de) n, Filmtheater (de) n, Lichtspielhaus (de) n (dated)Greek: σινεμά (el) n (sinemá)Greenlandic: biografi, filmertarfikGujarati: ચલચિત્રપટ (calcitrapaṭ), સિનેમા (sinemā)Hebrew: Action & Adventure בֵּית קוֹלנוֹעַ (he) m (beit kolnóa’), קוֹלְנוֹעַ (he) m (kolnóa’)Hindi: सिनेमा (hello) m (sinemā)Hungarian: mozi (hu), filmszínház (hu)Icelandic: bíó (is) n, kvikmyndahús (is) nIdo: cinemo (io)Indonesian: bioskop (identity)Irish: pictiúrlann (ga) fItalian: cinema (it) mJapanese: 映画館 (ja) (えいがかん, eigakan)Kannada: ಸಿನಮಾ (sinamā)Kazakh: кино (kk) (kïno), кинотеатр (kïnoteatr)Khmer: រោងកុន (roong kon), រោងភាពយន្ត (roong phiəpyŭən)Korean: 영화관(映畵館) (ko) (yeonghwagwan), 극장(劇場) (ko) (geukjang)Kurdish:Central Kurdish: سینەما (ku) (sînema)Northern Kurdish: sînema (ku)Kyrgyz: кино (ky) (kino), кинотеатр (ky) (kinoteatr)Lao: ໂຮງຮູບເງົາ (lo) (hōng hūp ngao), ໂຮງຫນັງ (hōng nang), ຮູບເງົາ (hūp ngao), ຊິເນມາ (si nē mā)Latvian: kinoteātris m, kino mLithuanian: kino teatras m, kinas (lt) mLuxembourgish: Kino (lb) mMacedonian: кино n (kino)Malay: panggung wayang gambar (generally abbreviated as pawagam (ms)), Movies sinema (ms)Malayalam: സിനിമ (ml) (sinima)Maltese: ċinemaMaori: whare pikitiaMarathi: चित्रपटगृह (mr) (citrapaṭgruh), सिनेमा (sinemā)Mongolian:Roman: кинотеатр (kinoteatr), кино (mn) (kino)Northern Sami: kinoNorwegian:Bokmål: kino (no) mNynorsk: kino mPashto: سينما (ps) f (sinamã)Persian: سینما (fa) (sinemâ)Polish: kino (pl) nPortuguese: cinema (pt) mPunjabi: ਸਿਨੇਮਾ (pa) (sinemā)Romansch: kino mRussian: кинотеа́тр (ru) m (kinoteátr), кино́ (ru) n (kinó) (colloquial), кино́шка (ru) f (kinóška) (colloquial)Sanskrit: चलचित्रम् Comedy (calacitram)Serbo-Croatian: kino (sh) nCyrillic: би̏оскоп m (Montenegro, Serbia), ки́но n (Bosnia, Croatia)Roman: bȉoskop (sh) m (Montenegro, Serbia), kíno (sh) n (Bosnia, Croatia)Sicilian: cìnima mSinhalese: සිනමාහල (sinamāhala)Slovak: kino nSlovene: kino (sl) mSorbian:Upper Sorbian: kino nSpanish: cine (es) m, cinematógrafo (es) mSwahili: sinema (sw)Swedish: biograf (sv) c, bio (sv) cTagalog: sinehanTajik: 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, kinoUkrainian: кінотеа́тр m (kinoteátr), кіно́ (united kingdom) n (kinó)Urdu: سنیما m (sinemā)Uyghur: كىنوخانا (kinoxana), كىنو (kino)Uzbek: kinoteatr (uz), kino (uz)Vietnamese: rạp phim, rạp chiếu phim, rạp xi nê, rạp xi-nê, rạp điện ảnhVolapük: bioskopöpWelsh: sinema (cy)Yiddish: קינאָ n (kino)
