# cinema
## 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: /ˈsɪn.ə.mə/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (UK) IPA: /ˈsɪn.ɪ.mə/, /ˈsɪn.ɪ.mɑː/
** Audio (UK):(file)
* Hyphenation: ci‧ne‧ma

### Noun

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
    The cinema is right across the street from the restaurant.
* (film, uncountable) Films collectively.
    Despite the critics, he produced excellent cinema.
* (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.
* (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.
* (Internet slang, uncountable) A sophisticated or exemplary film, representative of the art of cinema.
    Synonym: kino
** (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
* direct cinema
* 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

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

### Anagrams

* Mencia, anemic, came in, iceman

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [siˈnɛ.mə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [siˈne.mə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [siˈne.ma]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

cinema m (plural cinemes)
* 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)
* cinema; movie theater (building where films are shown to an audience)
* (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: /ˈt͡ʃi.ne.ma/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -inema
* Hyphenation: cì‧ne‧ma

### Noun

cinema m (invariable)
* (art and industry) cinema
    Il cinema è una lingua universale. —Pier Paolo PasoliniCinema is a universal language.
* (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: /kiːˈneː.ma/, [kiːˈneːmä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /t͡ʃiˈne.ma/, [t͡ʃiˈnɛːmä]

### Noun

cīnēma n (genitive cīnēmatis); third declension
* (New Latin) cinema

#### Declension

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from French cinéma, reduction of cinématographe, ultimately from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “movement”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /siˈnẽ.mɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /siˈnẽ.mɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /siˈne.ma/
* (Portugal) IPA: /siˈne.mɐ/
* Rhymes: -emɐ
* Homophone: sinema
* Hyphenation: ci‧ne‧ma

### Noun

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)

#### Derived terms

* Cinema Novo
* Novo Cinema

#### Related terms

* cineasta
* cinemateca
* cinemática
* cinemático
* cinematografia
* cinematográfico
* cinematógrafo

#### Descendants

* → Hunsrik: Cinema

### Further reading

* “cinema”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “cinema”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French cinéma.

### Noun

cinema n (plural cinemauri)
* cinema

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /θiˈnema/ [θiˈne.ma]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /siˈnema/ [siˈne.ma]
* Rhymes: -ema
* Syllabification: ci‧ne‧ma

### Etymology 1

Reduction of cinematógrafo.

#### Noun

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

* cámara de cine
* cine continuado
* cine de autor
* cine mudo
* cine sonoro
* de cine

### Etymology 2

Reduction of cinemática.

#### Noun

cinema f (plural cinemas)
* (physics) kinematics
    Synonym: cinemática

#### Adjective

cinema (invariable)
* (physics) related to movement
    Synonym: cinemática

### Further reading

* “cinema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “cinema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10