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cinematheque

[ sin-uh-muh-tek ]

noun

  1. a movie theater, often part of a university or private archive, showing experimental or historically important films.


cinematheque

/ ˌsɪnɪməˈtɛk /

noun

  1. a small intimate cinema


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cinematheque1

First recorded in 1965–70; from French cinémathèque “film archive,” equivalent to cinéma- prefixal use of cinéma “films” + -thèque “things collected,” as in bibliothèque “library,” discothèque “collection of phonograph records”; cinema, theca

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cinematheque1

C20: from French cinémathèque film library, from cinema + ( biblio ) thèque library

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