noun

cinema

cinema, pictures, flicks

Let's go to the cinema tonight.

Let's go to the cinema tonight.

She is a student of French cinema.

She is a student of French cinema.

((noun)) a place where you see films Let's go to the cinema tonight.

((noun)) the art or industry of making films She is a student of French cinema.

Synonyms: movie theatre, pictures, flicks, film

From Greek 'kinema' meaning 'movement', because films are moving pictures.

Think of a 'scene' being shown at the 'cinema'. Both start with a similar sound.

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