Definitions for cinema
ˈsɪn ə məcin·e·ma

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. film, cinema, celluloid(noun)

   a medium that disseminates moving pictures

   "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events"

2. cinema, movie theater, movie theatre, movie house, picture palace(noun)

   a theater where films are shown

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1. cinema(n.)

   the art of creating motion pictures; as, this story would be good cinema; -- often used in the phrase the cinema.

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1. cinema(Noun)

   a film

2. cinema(Noun)

   a movie theatre, a movie house

   The cinema is right across the street from the restaurant.

3. cinema(Noun)

   film or movies as a group

   Despite the critics, he produced excellent cinema.

4. cinema(Noun)

   the film and movie industry

   In the long history of Spanish cinema....

5. cinema(Noun)

   the art of making films and movies

   Throughout the history of cinema, filmmakers....

Origin: From cinéma, shortening of cinématographe (term coined by the in the 1890s), from

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1. cinema

   Song lyrics by cinema -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by cinema on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cinema' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4722

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cinema' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3923

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cinema' in Nouns Frequency: #1713

Anagrams for cinema »

1. came in

2. anemic

3. iceman

How to pronounce cinema?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say cinema in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cinema in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cinema in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of cinema in a Sentence

1. Sunny Joseph:

   Cinema Is Love 24 Times Per Second

2. Charu Khurana:

   Indian cinema is reflecting day to day life for women.

3. Jason Statham:

   She's probably the funniest thing there is in cinema today.

4. Alfred Hitchcock:

   For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.

5. Aseem Bajaj:

   It is the imagination, not the equipment that creates memorable cinema.

Images & Illustrations of cinema

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