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)
- (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
- → Hindi: सिनेमा (sinemā)
- → Tamil: சினிமா (ciṉimā)
- → Telugu: సినిమా (sinimā), సైన్మ (sainma), సీన్మ (sīnma)
- → 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.