definition of the word cinema

From French cinéma, shortening of cinématographe (term coined by the Lumière brothers in the 1890s) < Ancient Greek κίνημα (kinēma) "movement"

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cinema (countable and uncountable; plural cinemas)

1. (countable) a film
2. (countable) a movie theatre

   The cinema is right across the street from the restaurant.

3. (filmology, uncountable) film or movies as a group

   Despite the critics, he produced excellent cinema.

4. (filmology, uncountable) the film and movie industry

   In the long history of Spanish cinema....

5. (filmology, uncountable) the art of making films and movies

   Throughout the history of cinema, filmmakers....

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