Borrowed from French cinéma, clipping of cinématographe (term coined by the Lumière brothers in the 1890s), from Ancient Greek κίνημα + γράφω.

• (America) IPA: /ˈsɪn.ə.mə/
• (British) IPA: /ˈsɪn.ɪ.mə/, /ˈsɪn.ɪ.mɑː/

cinema

1. (countable) A movie theatre, a movie house

   Synonyms: pictures, moviehouse, movies, movie theater, movie theatre

   The cinema is right across the street from the restaurant.

2. (film, uncountable) Films collectively.

   Despite the critics, he produced excellent cinema.

3. (film, uncountable) The film and movie industry.

   In the long history of Spanish cinema […] .

4. (film, countable, uncountable) The art of making films and movies; cinematography

   Synonyms: seventh art

   Throughout the history of cinema, filmmakers […] .

   • 2005, Tom O'Regan, Australian National Cinema, page 79:

     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.

5. (internet slang, uncountable) A sophisticated or exemplary film, representative of the art of cinema.

   Synonyms: kino#Etymology 2

   1. (by extension, humorous) Any media or event that is exemplary.

      That game was absolute cinema.

• cine
• cinematic
• cinematographic
• cinematography
• kinema

• French: cinéma
• German: Kino, Filmtheater, Lichtspielhaus (dated)
• Italian: cinema
• Portuguese: cinema
• Russian: кинотеа́тр
• Spanish: cine, cinematógrafo

• French: cinéma
• German: Kino
• Portuguese: cinema
• Russian: кино́
• Spanish: cine, cinema

• French: cinéma
• German: Filmindustrie, Kino
• Portuguese: cinematografia
• Russian: кино́
• Spanish: cine, cinema

• French: cinéma
• German: Kino
• Italian: cinematografo, cinematografia
• Portuguese: cinematografia, cinema
• Russian: кино́
• Spanish: cine, cinema