cinema (redirected from Cinemas)

cin·e·ma  (sn-m)

n.

1.

a. A film or movie.

b. A movie theater.

2.

a. Films or movies considered as a group.

b. The film or movie industry.

3. The art or technique of making films or movies; filmmaking.

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[French cinéma, short for cinématographe; see cinematograph.]

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cine·matic (sn-mtk) adj.

cine·mati·cal·ly adv.

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cinema

Noun

1. a place designed for showing films

2. the cinema

a. the art or business of making films

b. films collectively [shortened from cinematograph]

cinematic adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cinema - a medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events" celluloid, film cut-in, insert - (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" MacGuffin, McGuffin - (film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot; "the McGuffin was a key element of Alfred Hitchcock's films" medium - a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information silver screen - the film industry
	2.	cinema - a theater where films are shown       movie house, movie theater, movie theatre, picture palace bioscope - a South African movie theater fleapit - an old shabby movie theater multiplex - a movie theater than has several different auditoriums in the same building theater, theatre, house - a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; "the house was full"

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cinema

noun 1. pictures, movies, picture-house, flicks (slang)

noun 2. films, pictures, movies, the big screen (informal) motion pictures, the silver screen

Translations

cinema [ˈsɪnəmə] n → cine m

cinema [ˈsɪnəmə] n → cinéma m

cinema [ˈsɪnəmə] n → Kino nt;

(film-making) → Film m

cinema [ˈsɪnəmə] n → cinema m inv