cinema

CEFRA1

/ˈsɪn.ə.mə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A building where people watch films.

  2. 02

    noun

    Films considered as an art or industry.

Examples

  • I was angry about missing that film at the cinema.

  • Smoking is not permitted in the cinema.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Films collectively.

  2. The film and movie industry.

  3. A movie theatre, a movie house.

More examples

In context

  • Despite the critics, he produced excellent cinema.

  • In the long history of Spanish cinema[…].

  • The cinema is right across the street from the restaurant.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.