キネマ

キネマ

Japanese

Etymology

Either a shortening of Japanese キネマトグラフ (kinematogurafu) (itself from English kinematograph),[1] or from English kinema.[2]

Listed in one source as a shortening of English kinematograph directly, suggesting that the shortening happened simultaneously with the borrowing.[3].

First cited to a text from 1910 or 1911.[3]

Doublet of シネマ (shinema).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) キ​ネマ [kíꜜnèmà] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [kʲine̞ma̠]

Noun

キネマ • (kinema) 

1. [from around 1910] (rare) cinematograph: a film, a movie

   Synonym: 映画 (eiga)

   • 1931, 宮本百合子, 新しきシベリアを横切る:

     画(が)家(か)も、作(さっ)家(か)も、キネマの製(せい)作(さく)者(もの)も総(そう)動(どう)員(いん)を受(う)けた。

     Gaka mo, sakka mo, kinema no seisakumono mo sōdōin o uketa.

     They mobilized artists, writers, and makers of cinematographs.

2. [from around 1910] (rare) a movie theater

   Synonym: 映画館 (eigakan)

Related terms

• シネマ (shinema)

References

1. “キネマ”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. “キネマ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN