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cin⋅e⋅ma
[sin-uh-muh] 
ə
–noun
| 1. | Chiefly British. motion picture. |
| 2. | the cinema, motion pictures collectively, as an art. |
| 3. | Chiefly British. a motion-picture theater. |
Related forms:
cin⋅e⋅mat⋅ic [sin-uh-mat-ik] , adjective
[sin-uh-mat-ik] , adjective cin⋅e⋅mat⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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| cin·e·ma (sĭn'ə-mə) n.
[French cinéma, short for cinématographe; see cinematograph.] cin'e·mat'ic (sĭn'ə-māt'ĭk) adj., cin'e·mat'i·cal·ly adv. |
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cinema
1899, "a movie hall," from Fr. cinéma, shortened from cinématographe, coined 1890s by Lumiere brothers, who invented it, from Gk. kinema "movement," from kinein "to move" (see cite). Meaning "movies collectively, especially as an art form" first recorded 1918. Cinematography is from 1897; cinéma vérité is 1963, from Fr.; Cinerama, proprietary name, is from 1951.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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