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b
: a motion-picture theater
2
a
: movies
especially
: the film industry
b
: the art or technique of making motion pictures
Synonyms
Example Sentences
a student of French cinema
We drove by the cinema to see what was playing.
Recent Examples on the Web
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne are imposing names in cinema.
—Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2023
The ceremony will be held in Cannes during the glamorous Women In Motion dinner which is dedicated to honoring women in cinema.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 6 Apr. 2023
Forget $3 admission fees on National Cinema Day and concessions bought with crypto, the new weirdness in cinema is using a potato to get into the movies.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2023
Lodkina bounces her theme off one of the monumental achievements in modern cinema: the œuvre of Jacques Rivette.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2023
That then, leads me to that perennial discussion – what’s the best place to sit in a cinema?
—Benny Har-even, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
For Stahelski, now one of Hollywood’s top action directors, it’s been a decade spent not just carving out a stylish new era in American action cinema, but also establishing his own creative voice.
—Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023
Yeoh, an industry veteran, first became a respected action icon in Hong Kong cinema in the late 1980s.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2023
Film’s biggest night returned tonight to the Los Angeles Dolby Theatre, where the best and brightest names in cinema gathered for the 95th annual Academy Awards.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper’s BAZAAR, 13 Mar. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
short for cinematograph
First Known Use
1909, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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in 1909
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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”).
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 movie house
- Synonyms: (UK) pictures, (chiefly US) moviehouse, movies, (chiefly US) movie theater, (rare) movie theatre
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The cinema is right across the street from the restaurant.
- (film, uncountable) Films collectively.
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Despite the critics, he produced excellent cinema.
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- (film, uncountable) The film and movie industry.
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2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:
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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.
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In the long history of Spanish cinema […] .
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- (film, countable, uncountable) The art of making films and movies; cinematography
- Synonym: seventh art
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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.
Derived terms[edit]
- cinema hall
- cinema verite
- cinema-goer
- home cinema
- hyperlink cinema
- prisoner’s cinema
- silent cinema
[edit]
- cine
- cinematic
- cinematographic
- cinematography
- kinema
Descendants[edit]
- → Hindi: सिनेमा (sinemā)
- → Tamil: சினிமா (ciṉimā)
- → Telugu: సినిమా (sinimā), సైన్మ (sainma), సీన్మ (sīnma)
- → Yoruba: sinimá
Translations[edit]
a film/movie theatre
- Afrikaans: kinema, bioskoop
- Albanian: kinema (sq) f
- Ambonese Malay: bioskop
- Amharic: ሲኒማ (sinima)
- Arabic: سِينَمَا f (sīnamā)
- Armenian: կինոթատրոն (hy) (kinotʿatron), կինո (hy) (kino)
- Azerbaijani: kinoteatr, kino (az)
- Belarusian: кінатэа́тр m (kinateátr), кіно́ (be) n (kinó), кінатэа́тар m (kinateátar) (Taraškievica)
- Bengali: সিনেমা (śinema)
- Bulgarian: ки́но (bg) n (kíno)
- Burmese: ရုပ်ရှင်ရုံ (ruphrang-rum)
- Catalan: cinema (ca) m
- Chinese:
- 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/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) 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)
- Hebrew: בֵּית קוֹלנוֹעַ (he) m (beit kolnóa’), קוֹלְנוֹעַ (he) m (kolnóa’)
- Hindi: सिनेमा (hi) m (sinemā)
- Hungarian: mozi (hu), filmszínház (hu)
- Icelandic: bíó (is) n, kvikmyndahús (is) n
- Ido: cinemo (io)
- Indonesian: bioskop (id)
- Irish: pictiúrlann (ga) f
- Italian: cinema (it) m
- Japanese: 映画館 (ja) (えいがかん, eigakan)
- Kannada: ಸಿನಮಾ (sinamā)
- Kazakh: кино (kk) (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 (ckb) (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)
- Latin: cīnēmatēum n
- Latvian: kinoteātris m, kino m
- Lithuanian: kino teatras m, kinas (lt) m
- Luxembourgish: Kino (lb) m
- Macedonian: кино n (kino)
- Malay: panggung wayang gambar (usually abbreviated as pawagam (ms)), sinema (ms)
- Malayalam: സിനിമ (ml) (sinima)
- Maltese: ċinema
- Maori: whare pikitia (mi)
- Marathi: चित्रपटगृह (mr) (citrapaṭgruh), सिनेमा (sinemā)
- Mongolian:
- Roman: кинотеатр (kinoteatr), кино (mn) (kino)
- Northern Sami: kino
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kino (no) m
- Nynorsk: kino m
- Pashto: سينما (ps) f (sinamã)
- Persian: سینما (fa) (sinemâ)
- Polish: kino (pl) n
- Portuguese: cinema (pt) m
- Punjabi: ਸਿਨੇਮਾ (pa) (sinemā)
- Romansch: kino m
- Russian: кинотеа́тр (ru) m (kinoteátr), кино́ (ru) n (kinó) (colloquial), кино́шка (ru) f (kinóška) (colloquial)
- Sanskrit: चलचित्रम् (calacitram)
- Serbo-Croatian: kino (sh) n
- 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
- 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: 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 ảnh
- Volapük: bioskopöp
- Welsh: sinema (cy)
- Yiddish: קינאָ n (kino)
films collectively
- Assamese: চলচ্চিত্ৰ (solossitro)
- Bulgarian: кино (bg) n (kino)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 電影/电影 (zh) (diànyǐng)
- Esperanto: filmaro
- Finnish: elokuva (fi)
- French: cinéma (fr) m
- German: Kino (de) n
- Greek: κινηματογράφος (el) m (kinimatográfos)
- Hebrew: קוֹלְנוֹעַ (he) m (kolnóa’)
- Japanese: 映画 (ja) (えいが, eiga), フィルム (firumu)
- Latvian: kino m
- Persian: سینما (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)
- Vietnamese: phim (vi), điện ảnh (vi)
the film and movie industry
- Assamese: চলচ্চিত্ৰ (solossitro)
- Bulgarian: кинематогра́фия f (kinematográfija)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 電影業/电影业 (zh) (diànyǐngyè)
- 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: קולנוע (he) m (kolnoa)
- Hungarian: filmgyártás (hu)
- Japanese: 映画産業 (えいがさんぎょう, eigasangyō)
- Kazakh: кино өнері (kino önerı), кинематография (kinematografiä)
- 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)
- Sicilian: cìnima m
- Spanish: cine (es) m, cinema (es) m
- Swedish: film (sv), filmbransch
- 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: קולנוע (he) m (qolnóa)
- Hungarian: filmművészet (hu), film (hu)
- Icelandic: kvikmyndalist f
- 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 (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)
- Spanish: cine (es) m, cinema (es) m
- Swedish: film (sv), filmkonst
- Turkish: sinematografi (tr)
- Vietnamese: nghệ thuật phim, nghệ thuật điện ảnh (vi)
Anagrams[edit]
- Mencia, anemic, came in, iceman
Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cinema m (plural cinemes)
- cinema
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- cinematògraf
- cinematografia
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French cinéma, from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “movement”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ne.ma/
- Rhymes: -inema
- Hyphenation: cì‧ne‧ma
Noun[edit]
cinema m (invariable)
- (art and industry) cinema
- (movie theatre) cinema, movie theater, film theatre
- Synonyms: cinematografo, sala cinematografica
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- cine-
- cinegiornale
- cinema d’animazione
- cinema d’essai
- cinema muto
- cinema sonoro
- cinemateatro
- cinematico
- cinematografia
- cineparcheggio
See also[edit]
- teatro
Anagrams[edit]
- macine, minace, nemica
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kiːˈneː.ma/, [kiːˈneːmä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈne.ma/, [t͡ʃiˈnɛːmä]
Noun[edit]
cīnēma n (genitive cīnēmatis); third declension
- (New Latin) cinema
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | cīnēma | cīnēmata |
Genitive | cīnēmatis | cīnēmatum |
Dative | cīnēmatī | cīnēmatibus |
Accusative | cīnēma | cīnēmata |
Ablative | cīnēmate | cīnēmatibus |
Vocative | cīnēma | cīnēmata |
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French cinéma or a reduction of cinematógrafo, ultimately from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “movement”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (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[edit]
cinema m (plural cinemas)
- cinema; movie theater (building where films are shown to an audience)
- (uncountable) cinema (the art or industry of making films)
- Synonym: cinematografia
- cinema (films from a particular place or of a particular style as a group)
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- cinemática
- cinematografia
- cinematográfico
- cinematógrafo
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French cinéma.
Noun[edit]
cinema n (plural cinemauri)
- cinema
Declension[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θiˈnema/ [θiˈne.ma]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /siˈnema/ [siˈne.ma]
- Rhymes: -ema
- Syllabification: ci‧ne‧ma
Etymology 1[edit]
Reduction of cinematógrafo.
Noun[edit]
cinema m (plural cinemas)
- cinema; movie theater (building where films are shown to an audience)
- Synonym: cine
- cinema (the art or industry of making films)
- Synonym: cine
Derived terms[edit]
- cámara de cine
- cine continuado
- cine de autor
- cine mudo
- cine sonoro
- de cine
Etymology 2[edit]
Reduction of cinemática.
Noun[edit]
cinema f (plural cinemas)
- (physics) kinematics
- Synonym: cinemática
Adjective[edit]
cinema (invariable)
- (physics) related to movement
- Synonym: cinemática
Further reading[edit]
- “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
Other forms: cinemas
A cinema is another word for a movie theater. If you love films, you probably spend a lot of time at the cinema.
It’s more common to say cinema in Britain than in the United States, but any English speaker will know what you’re talking about if you ask, «Want to go to the cinema?» You can also use cinema to talk about the film industry and its history: «This is my favorite film in all of American cinema.» The word was first used in 1899, from the French cinéma, which was a shortened form of cinématographe, «motion picture projector and camera.»
Definitions of cinema
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noun
a medium that disseminates moving pictures
“this story would be good
cinema”-
synonyms:
celluloid, film
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noun
a theater where films are shown
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synonyms:
movie house, movie theater, movie theatre, picture palace
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types:
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bioscope
a South African movie theater
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fleapit
an old shabby movie theater
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multiplex
a movie theater than has several different auditoriums in the same building
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type of:
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house, theater, theatre
a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
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bioscope
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cinema
/ˈsɪnəmə/
noun
plural
cinemas
cinema
/ˈsɪnəmə/
noun
plural
cinemas
Britannica Dictionary definition of CINEMA
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a
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the film industry
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She had a long career in (the) cinema.
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the art or technique of making movies
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a student of French cinema
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chiefly British
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a movie theater
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We drove by the cinema to see what was playing.
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They are going to the cinema [=(US) going to the movies] tonight.
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Magic in cinema is a bit like ventriloquism on the radio.
Jeanine Basinger
ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CINEMA
(Earlier spelling kinema): shortened from cinematograph.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
PRONUNCIATION OF CINEMA
GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CINEMA
Cinema is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.
WHAT DOES CINEMA MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Cinema
Cinema may refer to: ▪ Film, a series of still images which, when shown on a screen, creates the illusion of moving image ▪ Filmmaking, the process of making a film ▪ Movie theater, a building in which films are shown ▪ Cinema or Bommalattam, a Tamil film ▪ Cinema, a defunct Scandinavian movie channel ▪ Cinema 4D, a 3D graphics application In music: ▪ Cinema, a 1982 band formed by ex-Yes members Alan White and Chris Squire ▪ Cinema ▪ Cinema ▪ Cinema, or the title song ▪ «Cinema» ▪ «Cinéma», a song by Paola di Medico ▪ «Cinema» ▪ Cinema, an album by Cachorro Grande ▪ Cinema, an album by ICE MC, or the title song ▪ Cinema an album by Nazareth…
Definition of cinema in the English dictionary
The definition of cinema in the dictionary is a place designed for the exhibition of films.
WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CINEMA
Synonyms and antonyms of cinema in the English dictionary of synonyms
SYNONYMS OF «CINEMA»
The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «cinema» and belong to the same grammatical category.
Translation of «cinema» into 25 languages
TRANSLATION OF CINEMA
Find out the translation of cinema to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cinema from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cinema» in English.
Translator English — Chinese
电影院
1,325 millions of speakers
Translator English — Spanish
cine
570 millions of speakers
English
cinema
510 millions of speakers
Translator English — Hindi
सिनेमा
380 millions of speakers
Translator English — Arabic
سينِما
280 millions of speakers
Translator English — Russian
кинотеатр
278 millions of speakers
Translator English — Portuguese
cinema
270 millions of speakers
Translator English — Bengali
সিনেমা
260 millions of speakers
Translator English — French
cinéma
220 millions of speakers
Translator English — Malay
Pawagam
190 millions of speakers
Translator English — German
Kino
180 millions of speakers
Translator English — Japanese
映画館
130 millions of speakers
Translator English — Korean
영화관
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Trends of use of cinema
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CINEMA»
The term «cinema» is very widely used and occupies the 2.595 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
FREQUENCY
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of cinema
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «cinema».
FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CINEMA» OVER TIME
The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cinema» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cinema» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.
Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cinema
10 QUOTES WITH «CINEMA»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word cinema.
The most delightful aspect about the language of cinema is that it speaks to each of us in different ways — it is a purely subjective experience.
Magic in cinema is a bit like ventriloquism on the radio.
Indian cinema is entertaining, and what I love most about it is the songs and dances in the films.
Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema.
The American cinema in general always made stories about working-class people; the British rarely did. Any person with my working-class background would be a villain or a comic cipher, usually badly played, and with a rotten accent. There weren’t a lot of guys in England for me to look up to.
When I was 16, I discovered this island called cinema and I thought: ‘Oh, how wonderful; I’m ready.’
Cinema is a territory. It exists outside of movies. It’s a place I live in. It’s a way of seeing things, of experiencing life. But making films, that’s supposed to be a profession.
I loved cinema while growing up and, for the longest time, wanted to be a director.
Cinema is entertainment, and people go to the movies because they want to feel good and forget about everything.
Instead of watching DVDs at home, I prefer going to the cinema to get the experience.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CINEMA»
Discover the use of cinema in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cinema and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The American Cinema: Directors and Directions, 1929-1968
A guide to the work of 200 film directors and over 6000 films by «the leading American proponent [of the auteur theory].» Includes the essays «Toward a Theory of Film History» and «The Auteur Theory Revisited.»—Back cover.
In both my research and my classrooms I return to these essays again and again—not only for the richness of their arguments but also for their passionate belief that the cinema is a form of revelation vital to our lives.
He is one of the key figures in poststructuralism, and one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century.Cinema I is a revolutionary work in the theory of cinema and begins Deleuze’s major reassessment of film, concluded in …
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Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema
The Encyclopaedia Which Brings Together An Array Of Experts, Gives A Perspective On The Fascinating Journey Of Hindi Cinema From The Turn Of The Last Century To Becoming A Leader In The World Of Celluloid.
Gulazāra, Govind Nihalani, Saibal Chatterjee, 2003
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Lovers of Cinema: The First American Film Avant-garde, 1919-1945
With one exception, all are original to this volume, and many are the first to treat comprehensively such early filmmakers as Mary Ellen Bute, Theodore Huff, and Douglass Crockwell.
Jan-Christopher Horak, 1995
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Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts
Providing accessible coverage of a comprehensive range of genres, movements, theories and production terms, this is a must-have guide to a fascinating area of study and arguably the greatest art form of modern times.
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New Latin American Cinema
Presents essays that the influence and development of Latin American cinema.
Cult Cinema: an Introduction presents the first in-depth academic examination of all aspects of the field of cult cinema, including audiences, genres, and theoretical perspectives.
Ernest Mathijs, Jamie Sexton, 2011
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Theorising national cinema
All you’ll ever need to know about national cinemas in one comprehensive volume. Leading film scholars introduce the concept and discuss a range of national cinemas in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.
Valentina Vitali, Paul Willemen, 2006
— Latin America in Books
Randal Johnson, Robert Stam, 1995
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CINEMA»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cinema is used in the context of the following news items.
West End Cinema to re-open under Landmark banner
Film fans still despondent over the sudden closing of the West End Cinema in March probably didn’t notice the sign through all the tears in their … «Washington Post, Jul 15»
Bologna’s Il Cinema Ritrovato festival gives classics new life
Il Cinema Ritrovato (literally “The Cinema Returned”), a festival that takes place in the beautiful Italian city of Bologna in June and July, … «The Australian, Jul 15»
Texas cinema makes watching Jaws even more terrifying. If that’s …
As the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week draws to a close, the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is reviving its 2002 special screening of Jaws, where … «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
Dustin Hoffman Reflects on the Fall of Cinema in Revealing Interview
Television has improved but cinema is at its worst. «I think right now television is the best that it’s ever been, and I think that it’s the worst that film … «Indie Wire, Jul 15»
Cheeky seagull gets cinema staff in a flap after wandering into …
The feathery customer was spotted by a terrified employee working in the cinema lobby, selling tickets and food for guests at the Belmont … «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
Movie magic! Outdoor cinema coming to Coventry this summer
The event — which capitalises on the ever-expanding success of eclectic movie nights like the Secret Cinema and The Outdoor Cinema — will be … «Coventry Telegraph, Jul 15»
July Ritzy cinema round-up
You’ll be sure to have fun, fun, fun and leave the cinema with good vibrations…or something. I have a frank and brutal admission to make… «Brixton Blog, Jul 15»
Harvey Nichols launches al fresco Italian cinema
Film-lovers can find a little Italy in the heart of Manchester from next week at an al fresco cinema popping up outside Harvey Nichols. «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
Stirchley set for new cinema and cafe this year after £4million …
Twenty seven years after the pool was emptied Stirchley Baths is set to make a new splash as a cinema, cafe and community hub. The Grade … «Birmingham Mail, Jul 15»
Live: Cinema Gunman James Holmes In Court
Colorado cinema gunman James Holmes still believes killing a dozen people in the July 2012 shooting rampage increased his self-worth, … «Sky News, Jul 15»
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