cinema

See also: cinéma and cínemą

English

Noun

cinema ‎(countable and uncountable, plural cinemas)

(countable) A film.
(countable) A movie theatre, a movie house
The cinema is right across the street from the restaurant.‎
(film, uncountable) Film or movies as a group.
Despite the critics, he produced excellent cinema.‎
(film, uncountable) The film and movie industry.
- 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.
In the long history of Spanish cinema […] .‎
(film, uncountable) The art of making films and movies.
Throughout the history of cinema, filmmakers […] .‎

Synonyms

film, movie (chiefly US)
movie theatre (rare), movie theater (chiefly US), movie house (chiefly US), pictures (regional, dated)
seventh art (the art of making films and movies)

Related terms

Translations

movie — see movie

a film/movie theatre

Afrikaans: kinema, bioskoop
Albanian: kinema (sq) f
Arabic: سِينِمَا f ‎(sīnimā)
Armenian: կինոթատրոն (hy) ‎(kinotʿatron), կինո (hy) ‎(kino)
Azeri: kinoteatr, kino (az)
Belarusian: кінатэа́тр m ‎(kinateátr), кіно́ n ‎(kinó)
Bengali: সিনেমা ‎(sinema)
Bulgarian: кино́ (bg) n ‎(kinó)
Burmese: ရုပ်ရှင်ရုံ ‎(ruphrang-rum)
Catalan: cinema (ca) m
Chinese:

Cantonese: 戲院, 戏院 ‎(hei³ jyun⁶⁻²)

Mandarin: 電影院 (zh), 电影院 (zh) ‎(diànyǐngyuàn)
Czech: kino (cs) n
Danish: biograf (da) c, bio
Dutch: cinema (nl) m, bioscoop (nl) m
Esperanto: kinejo
Estonian: kino
Finnish: elokuvateatteri (fi), elokuva (fi), leffa (fi) (colloquial)
French: cinéma (fr) m
Georgian: კინოთეატრი ‎(ḳinoteaṭri), კინო ‎(ḳino)
German: Kino (de) n, Filmtheater n, Lichtspielhaus (de) n (dated)
Greek: σινεμά (el) n ‎(sinemá)
Greenlandic: biografi
Gujarati: ચલચિત્રપટ ‎(chulchitraput)
Hebrew: בֵּית קוֹלנוֹעַ (he) m ‎(beit 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)
Italian: cinema (it) m
Japanese: 映画館 ‎(えいがかん, eigakan)
Kazakh: кино (kk) ‎(kïno), кинотеатр ‎(kïnoteatr)
Khmer: រោងកុន ‎(rooŋ kon), រោងភាពយន្ត ‎(rooŋ pʰiepyʊən)
Korean: 영화관 (ko) ‎(yeonghwagwan) (映畵館), 극장 (ko) ‎(geukjang)
Kurdish:
Sorani: سینه‌ما (ku) ‎(seenamA)

Kyrgyz: кино ‎(kino), кинотеатр ‎(kinoteatr)
Lao: ໂຮງຮູບເງົາ (lo) ‎(hōng hūp ngao)
Latvian: kinoteātris m, kino m
Lithuanian: kino teatras m, kinas (lt) m
Macedonian: ки́но n ‎(kíno)
Malay: panggung wayang gambar (usually abbreviated as pawagam), sinema
Maori: whare pikitia
Mongolian: кинотеатр ‎(kinoteatr), кино (mn) ‎(kino)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: kino (no) m

Nynorsk: kino m
Persian: سینما (fa) ‎(sinemâ)
Polish: kino (pl) n
Portuguese: cinema (pt) 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: биоскоп m

Roman: bioskop (sh) m
Sinhalese: සිනමාහල ‎(sinamāhala)
Slovak: kino n
Slovene: kino (sl) m
Spanish: cinematógrafo (es) m, cine (es) m
Swahili: sinema (sw)
Swedish: biograf (sv) c, bio (sv) c
Tagalog: sinehan
Tajik: кинотеатр (tg) ‎(kinoteatr), кино ‎(kino), синамо ‎(sinamo)
Tatar: кинотеатр ‎(kinoteatr), кино ‎(kino)
Thai: โรงภาพยนตร์ ‎(roong-pâap-pá-yon)
Turkish: sinema (tr)
Turkmen: kinoteatr, kino
Ukrainian: кінотеа́тр m ‎(kinoteátr), кіно́ (uk) n ‎(kinó)
Urdu: سنیما m ‎(sinemā)
Uyghur: كىنوخانا ‎(kinoxana)
Uzbek: kinoteatr (uz), kino (uz)
Vietnamese: rạp phim, rạp chiếu phim, rạp xi nê, rạp xi-nê
Volapük: bioskopöp
Yiddish: קינאָ n ‎(kino)

film or movies as a group

Assamese: চলচ্চিত্ৰ
Bulgarian: кино (bg) n ‎(kino)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 電影 (zh), 电影 (zh) ‎(diànyǐng)
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)
Swedish: film (sv)
Tajik: кино ‎(kino), синамо ‎(sinamo)
Vietnamese: phim (vi), điện ảnh

the film and movie industry

Assamese: চলচ্চিত্ৰ
Bulgarian: кинематогра́фия f ‎(kinematográfija)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 電影業 (zh), 电影业 (zh) ‎(diànyǐngyè)
Dutch: filmindustrie f
Finnish: elokuvateollisuus (fi)
French: cinéma (fr) m
German: Filmindustrie (de) f, Kino (de) n
Greek: κινηματογράφος (el) m ‎(kinimatográfos)
Gujarati: ચલચિત્ર ઉદ્યોગ ‎(chalchitra udhyoga)

Hebrew: קולנוע (he) m ‎(qolnoa)
Hungarian: filmgyártás (hu)
Japanese: 映画産業 ‎(えいがさんぎょう, eigasangyō)
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)
Swedish: film (sv), filmbransch
Vietnamese: ngành phim, ngành điện ảnh

the art of making films and movies

Assamese: চলচ্চিত্ৰ
Bulgarian: кинематогра́фия f ‎(kinematográfija)
Catalan: cinema (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 電影製作術, 电影制作术 ‎(diànyǐng jìzuò shù)
Finnish: filmitaide (fi), elokuvataide (fi)
French: cinéma (fr) m
German: Kino (de) n
Greek: κινηματογράφος (el) m ‎(kinimatográfos)
Hebrew: קולנוע (he) m ‎(qolnóa)
Italian: cinematografo (it) m, cinematografia (it) f
Japanese: 撮影 (ja) ‎(さつえい, satsuei)

Korean: 촬영 (撮影) (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)
Swedish: film (sv), filmkonst
Turkish: sinematografi (tr)
Vietnamese: nghệ thuật phim, nghệ thuật điện ảnh

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Catalan

Noun

cinema m ‎(plural cinemes)

cinema

Related terms

cinematògraf
cinematografia

Italian

Etymology

From French cinéma, from Ancient Greek κίνημα ‎(kínēma, “movement”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtʃiː.ne.ma], /ˈtʃinema/
Hyphenation: cì‧ne‧ma

Noun

cinema m ‎(invariable)

(art and industry) cinema
Il cinema è una lingua universale. —Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cinema is a universal language.
(movie theatre) cinema, movie theater, film theatre

Synonyms

(2) cinematografo, sala cinematografica

Related terms

cine-
cinegiornale
cinema d'animazione
cinema d'essai
cinema muto
cinema sonoro
cinemateatro
cinematico
cinematografia
cineparcheggio

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Portuguese

Etymology

From French cinéma, from Ancient Greek κίνημα ‎(kínēma, “movement”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /siˈne.mɐ/

Noun

cinema m

cinema, film theatre

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