cinema
A movie theatre, a movie house.
Example
“The cinema is right across the street from the restaurant.”
Other meanings
Films collectively.
“Despite the critics, he produced excellent cinema.”
The film and movie industry.
Synonyms
- movie theater
A kind of
- theater
Related words
- cinema hall
- absolute cinema
- cinema verite
- cinema-goer
- home cinema
- hyperlink cinema
- prisoner's cinema
- silent cinema
- anticinema
- cinemaddict
- cinemagoer
- cinemagoing
Word history
From Ancient Greek "κίνημα" (movement).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “cinema” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.