Meaning of cinema | Babel Free

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1. A movie theatre, a movie house.
   countable
2. cinema, moviehouse
3. a piece of burnt coal, wood etc. the cinders in the fireplace. vonk بَقايا فَحْم въглен cinzas uhlík die Asche aske αποκαΐδι ceniza tuhk چوب یا زغال نیم سوخته tuhka, kekäle cendre אוּד अधजला कोयला, अंगारा žeravica, ugljevlje hamu abu sisa pembakaran útbrunninn kola/viðarmoli cenere 燃えがら 타나 남은 덩어리 šlakas, išdagos izdedži bara sintelaske; glødende kullżużel, popiół نيم سو ىسكاره (نيم سوخته borralho tăciune тлеющие угли uhlík pepel ugalj aska ชิ้นไม้หรือถ่านที่ถูกเผา marsık; kısmen veya tamamen ...
   etc
4. film (when specifying types of films)
5. Films collectively.
   uncountable
6. a camera for taking moving pictures. rolprentkamera كاميرا سينمائيه кинокамера filmadora filmová kamera die Filmkamera filmkamera κινηματογραφική μηχανή λήψης cámara de filmar دوربین فیلمبرداری videokamera caméra מַצלמַת קולנוֹע चलचित्र बनाने का कैमरा filmska kamera filmfelvevő (gép) kamera kvikmyndavél cinecamera, cinepresa 映画用カメラ 영화 촬영기 kino kamera kinokamera kamera filmcamerasmalfilmapparat kamera filmowa کمره فلمبرداری máquina de filmar cameră, aparat de filmat кинокамера kamera filmska k...
7. cinema; A sophisticated or exemplary film, representative of the art of cinema. Any media or event that is exemplary.
8. The film and movie industry.
   uncountable
9. a building in which films are shown. He enjoys going to the cinema but he prefers the theatre. rolprent سينما кино cinema kino das Kino biograf κινηματογράφοςcine kino سینما elokuvateatteri cinéma אוּלָם קוֹלנוֹע चलचित्र, सिनेमा kino, kinematografija mozi bioskop kvikmyndahús cinema 映画 영화관 kinas kinoteātris; kino panggung wayang bioscoop kino kino سینما cinema. cinematograf кинотеатр kino kinematograf bioskop biograf โรงภาพยนตร์ sinema 電影院 кінотеатр سینما rạp chiếu bóng 电影院
10. Any media or event that is exemplary.
11. The art of making films and movies; cinematography.
    countable, uncountable
12. A movie theater.
13. A sophisticated or exemplary film, representative of the art of cinema.
    Internet, uncountable
14. Movies collectively, especially when considered as an art form.
15. (Film) chiefly a. a place designed for the exhibition of films
    chiefly
16. (Film) the cinema a. the art or business of making films
17. the cinema, motion pictures, as an art or industry.
18. a motion-picture theater.
19. pictures, movies, picture-house, flicks (slang) They decided to spend an evening at the cinema.
    (slang)

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Examples

“The cinema is right across the street from the restaurant.”

“Despite the critics, he produced excellent cinema.”

“In the long history of Spanish cinema[…].”

“Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.”

“Throughout the history of cinema, filmmakers[…].”

“The French and Italian cinemas can seem to persist autonomously—in the sense of being spaces of separate development and marked difference from Hollywood and other national cinemas.”

“That game was absolute cinema.”

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