cinema

Signification (Anglais)

1. A movie theatre, a movie house
2. Films collectively.
3. The film and movie industry.
4. The art of making films and movies; cinematography
5. A sophisticated or exemplary film, representative of the art of cinema.
6. A sophisticated or exemplary film, representative of the art of cinema.

Concepts

cinéma

film

ciné

salle de cinéma

cinématographie

cinématographique

Salle de cinéma

septième art

cinoche

kinème

celluloïd

film avec bande son

pelloche

péloche

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈsɪn.ə.mə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from French cinéma, clipping of cinématographe (term coined by the Lumière brothers in the 1890s), from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “movement”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write, record”). Compare German Kino (“cinema”), ultimately from the same Greek source.

Phrases

Shall we watch a film at the cinema this afternoon ?

Allons-nous regarder un film au cinéma cet après-midi?