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Apocope of cinématographe.

• IPA: /si.ne.ma/, X-SAMPA: /si.ne.ma/

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• Homophones: cinémas
• Hyphenation: ci‧né‧ma

cinéma m. (plural cinémas)

1. cinema (the art of making films and movies)
2. cinema (the film and movie industry)
3. cinema (film or movies as a group)
4. cinema (movie theatre)

• (colloquial): ciné
• (movie theatre): salle de cinéma

• télécinéma