cinema
A movie theatre, a movie house.
Noun 4 meanings
A movie theatre, a movie house.
“The cinema is right across the street from the restaurant.”
Films collectively.
“Despite the critics, he produced excellent cinema.”
The film and movie industry.
The art of making films and movies; cinematography.
Etymology
Borrowed from French cinéma, clipping of cinématographe (term coined by the Lumière brothers in the 1890s), from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “movement”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write, record”). Compare German Kino (“cinema”), ultimately from the same Greek source.
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CINEMA at a glance
CINEMA has 6 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (C 3 + I 1 + N 1 + E 1 + M 3 + A 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,306 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with cinema
All rhymes- SCHEMA13
- ECZEMA19
- EDEMA8
- ENEMA7
- ANATHEMA13
- EMPHYSEMA21
- NEMA6
- ERYTHEMA16
- OEDEMA9
- ULEMA7
- LYMPHEDEMA23
- THEMA10
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- KINEMA12
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