cinéma

See also: cinema and cínemą

French

Etymology

Clipping of cinématographe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /si.ne.ma/
Audio (France, Paris) (file)
Homophone: cinémas
Hyphenation: ci‧né‧ma

Noun

cinéma m (plural cinémas)

cinema (the art of making films and movies)
Le cinéma est un langage universel. ― Cinema is a universal language.
(cinematography) cinema (the film and movie industry)
cinema (film or movies as a group)
cinema (movie theatre)
Je suis allé au cinéma samedi dernier. ― I went to the cinema last Saturday.
(informal) playacting, drama, fuss
Arrête ton cinéma! ― Cut it out! / Stop your acting!

Synonyms

(all): ciné
(movie theatre): salle de cinéma
(art of making films): cinématographie

Derived terms

télécinéma

Descendants

→ Arabic: سِينَمَا (sīnamā)
→ English: cinema
- → Welsh: sinema
- → Hindi: सिनेमा (sinemā)
- → Tamil: சினிமா (ciṉimā)
- → Telugu: సినిమా (sinimā), సైన్మ (sainma), సీన్మ (sīnma)
- → Yoruba: sinimá
→ Greek: σινεμά (sinemá)
Haitian Creole: sinema
→ Italian: cinema
→ Japanese: シネマ (shinema)
→ Ottoman Turkish: سینه‌ما (sinema)
- Turkish: sinema
→ Persian: سینما (sinamâ)
→ Romanian: cinema
→ Sicilian: cìnima

Further reading

“cinéma”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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