Cinema Definition

sĭnə-mə
noun
A film theater.
Webster's New World
Movies collectively, especially when considered as an art form.
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Other Word Forms of Cinema

Noun

Singular:
cinema
Plural:
cinemas

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Cinema

  • the cinema

Origin of Cinema

  • Borrowing from French cinéma, shortening of cinématographe (term coined by the Lumière brothers in the 1890s), from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kinēma, “movement”)

    From Wiktionary

  • French cinéma short for cinématographe cinematograph

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Cinema Sentence Examples

  • There are also several multi-screen cinema complexes within easy reach.

  • The 1960s brought about several changes in the film industry, including the rise of color in films, the popularity of spy movies (like James Bond) and the increasing influence of British cinema on films made in the United States.

  • By the time this initial film made it into the cinema, it had evolved from Lucas' original story titled The Journal of the Whills into the cinematic masterpiece finally identified simply as Star Wars.

  • In 1976 the Odeon was converted to a three-screen cinema.

  • The cinema foyer was full of little old ladies who looked like they hadn't been to the cinema for thirty years.

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Words Starting With

CCICIN

Words Ending With

AMAEMA

Unscrambles

cinema

Words Starting With C and Ending With A

Starts With C & Ends With AStarts With CI & Ends With AStarts With C & Ends With MA

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With C6 Letter Words Ending With A