cinema

Meaning

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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪn.ə.mə/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

Shall we watch a film at the cinema this afternoon ?