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• UK: /ˈsɪn.ɪ.mə/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keyh2-der. Ancient Greek κινέω (kinéō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μα (-ma) Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma) Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γράφος (-gráphos)bor. Latin -graphuslbor. French -graphe French cinématographeclip. French cinémabor. English cinema Borrowed from French cinéma, clipping of cinématographe (term coined by the Lumière brothers in the 1890s), from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “movement”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write, record”). Compare German Kino (“cinema”), ultimately from the same Greek source.

286 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kinema — a film/movie theatre
• Afrikaans: bioskoop — a film/movie theatre
• Albanian: kinema — a film/movie theatre
• Ambonese Malay: bioskop — a film/movie theatre
• Amharic: ሲኒማ (sinima) — a film/movie theatre
• Arabic: سِينَمَا (sīnamā) — a film/movie theatre
• Arabic: سِينِمَا (sínima) — a film/movie theatre
• Arabic: سِيمَا (sīma) — a film/movie theatre
• Arabic: سِينِمَات (sinimāt) — a film/movie theatre
• Armenian: կինոթատրոն (kinotʻatron) — a film/movie theatre
• Armenian: կինո (kino) — a film/movie theatre
• Asturian: cine — a film/movie theatre
• Azerbaijani: kinoteatr — a film/movie theatre
• Azerbaijani: kino — a film/movie theatre
• Belarusian: кінатэа́тр (kinateátr) — a film/movie theatre
• Belarusian: кіно́ (kinó) — a film/movie theatre
• Belarusian: кінатэа́тар (kinateátar) — a film/movie theatre
• Bengali: সিনেমা (śinema) — a film/movie theatre
• Bulgarian: ки́но (kíno) — a film/movie theatre
• Burmese: ရုပ်ရှင်ရုံ (ruphrang-rum) — a film/movie theatre
• Carpathian Rusyn: кіно (kino) — a film/movie theatre
• Catalan: cinema — a film/movie theatre
• Chinese Cantonese: 戲院 /戏院 — a film/movie theatre
• Chinese: дянйинүан (dianyinüan) — a film/movie theatre
• Hakka Chinese: 電影院 /电影院 (thien-yáng-yen / thien-yáng-yan) — a film/movie theatre
• Chinese: 電影院 /电影院 (tiān-ián-īn) — a film/movie theatre
• Jin Chinese: 電影院 /电影院 — a film/movie theatre
• Chinese Mandarin: 電影院 /电影院 (diànyǐngyuàn) — a film/movie theatre
• Chinese Mandarin: 影院 (yǐngyuàn) — a film/movie theatre
• Northern Min Chinese: 電影院 /电影院 (dīng-iǒng-nguīng) — a film/movie theatre
• Wu Chinese: 電影院 /电影院 (6di-in-ghoe) — a film/movie theatre
• Czech: kino — a film/movie theatre
• Danish: biograf — a film/movie theatre
• Danish: bio — a film/movie theatre
• Dutch: bioscoop — a film/movie theatre
• Dutch: cinema — a film/movie theatre
• Elfdalian: bio — a film/movie theatre
• Esperanto: kinejo — a film/movie theatre
• Estonian: kino — a film/movie theatre
• Faroese: biografur — a film/movie theatre
• Finnish: elokuvateatteri — a film/movie theatre
• Finnish: elokuva — a film/movie theatre
• Finnish: leffa — a film/movie theatre
• French: cinéma — a film/movie theatre
• Georgian: კინოთეატრი (ḳinoteaṭri) — a film/movie theatre
• Georgian: კინო (ḳino) — a film/movie theatre
• German: Kino — a film/movie theatre
• German: Filmtheater — a film/movie theatre
• German: Lichtspielhaus — a film/movie theatre
• Greek: σινεμά (sinemá) — a film/movie theatre
• Greenlandic: biografi — a film/movie theatre
• Greenlandic: filmertarfik — a film/movie theatre
• Gujarati: ચલચિત્રપટ (calcitrapaṭ) — a film/movie theatre
• Gujarati: સિનેમા (sinemā) — a film/movie theatre
• Gujarati: સિનેમાઘર (sinemāghar) — a film/movie theatre
• Hebrew: בֵּית קוֹלנוֹעַ (bet kolnóa) — a film/movie theatre
• Hebrew: קוֹלְנוֹעַ (kolnóa) — a film/movie theatre
• Hindi: सिनेमा (sinemā) — a film/movie theatre
• Hindi: सिनेमाघर (sinemāghar) — a film/movie theatre
• Hungarian: mozi — a film/movie theatre
• Hungarian: filmszínház — a film/movie theatre
• Icelandic: bíó — a film/movie theatre
• Icelandic: kvikmyndahús — a film/movie theatre
• Ido: cinemo — a film/movie theatre
• Indonesian: bioskop — a film/movie theatre
• Indonesian: sinema — a film/movie theatre
• Ingrian: kino — a film/movie theatre
• Irish: pictiúrlann — a film/movie theatre
• Italian: cinema — a film/movie theatre
• Japanese: 映画館 (eigakan) — a film/movie theatre
• Kannada: ಸಿನಮಾ (sinamā) — a film/movie theatre
• Kazakh: кино (kino) — a film/movie theatre
• Kazakh: кинотеатр (kinoteatr) — a film/movie theatre
• Khmer: រោងកុន (roong kon) — a film/movie theatre
• Khmer: រោងភាពយន្ត (roong phiəpyŭən) — a film/movie theatre
• Korean: 영화관 (yeonghwagwan) — a film/movie theatre
• Korean: 극장 (geukjang) — a film/movie theatre
• Central Kurdish: سینەما (sînema) — a film/movie theatre
• Northern Kurdish: sînema — a film/movie theatre
• Kyrgyz: кино (kino) — a film/movie theatre
• Kyrgyz: кинотеатр (kinoteatr) — a film/movie theatre
• Lao: ໂຮງຮູບເງົາ (hōng hūp ngao) — a film/movie theatre
• Lao: ໂຮງຫນັງ (hōng nang) — a film/movie theatre
• Lao: ຮູບເງົາ (hūp ngao) — a film/movie theatre
• Lao: ຊິເນມາ (si nē mā) — a film/movie theatre
• Latin: cīnēmatēum — a film/movie theatre
• Latvian: kinoteātris — a film/movie theatre
• Latvian: kino — a film/movie theatre
• Lithuanian: kino teatras — a film/movie theatre
• Lithuanian: kinas — a film/movie theatre
• Luxembourgish: Kino — a film/movie theatre
• Macedonian: кино (kino) — a film/movie theatre
• Macedonian: биоскоп (bioskop) — a film/movie theatre
• Malay: panggung wayang gambar — a film/movie theatre
• Malay: sinema — a film/movie theatre
• Malayalam: സിനിമ (sinima) — a film/movie theatre
• Maltese: ċinema — a film/movie theatre
• Māori: whare pikitia — a film/movie theatre
• Marathi: चित्रपटगृह (citrapaṭgŕh) — a film/movie theatre
• Marathi: सिनेमा (sinemā) — a film/movie theatre
• Mongolian: кинотеатр (kinoteatr) — a film/movie theatre
• Mongolian: кино (kino) — a film/movie theatre
• Norwegian Bokmål: kino — a film/movie theatre
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kino — a film/movie theatre
• Pannonian Rusyn: кино (kino) — a film/movie theatre
• Pashto: سينما (sinamā) — a film/movie theatre
• Iranian Persian: سینِما (sinemâ) — a film/movie theatre
• Iranian Persian: سالُنِ سینِما (sâlon-e sinemâ) — a film/movie theatre
• Polish: kino — a film/movie theatre
• Portuguese: cinema — a film/movie theatre
• Punjabi: ਸਿਨਮਾ سِنما (sinmā) — a film/movie theatre
• Romansh: kino — a film/movie theatre
• Russian: кинотеа́тр (kinoteátr) — a film/movie theatre
• Russian: кино́ (kinó) — a film/movie theatre
• Russian: кино́шка (kinóška) — a film/movie theatre
• Northern Sami: kino — a film/movie theatre
• Scottish Gaelic: taigh-dealbh — a film/movie theatre
• Serbo-Croatian: би̏оскоп — a film/movie theatre
• Serbo-Croatian: ки́но — a film/movie theatre
• Serbo-Croatian: bȉoskop — a film/movie theatre
• Serbo-Croatian: kíno — a film/movie theatre
• Sicilian: cìnima — a film/movie theatre
• Sicilian: cìmina — a film/movie theatre
• Sinhalese: සිනමාහල (sinamāhala) — a film/movie theatre
• Slovak: kino — a film/movie theatre
• Slovene: kino — a film/movie theatre
• Upper Sorbian: kino — a film/movie theatre
• Spanish: cine — a film/movie theatre
• Spanish: cinematógrafo — a film/movie theatre
• Spanish: cinema — a film/movie theatre
• Sranan Tongo: kino — a film/movie theatre
• Swahili: sinema — a film/movie theatre
• Swedish: biograf — a film/movie theatre
• Swedish: bio — a film/movie theatre
• Tagalog: sinehan — a film/movie theatre
• Tajik: кинотеатр (kinoteatr) — a film/movie theatre
• Tajik: кино (kino) — a film/movie theatre
• Tajik: синамо (sinamo) — a film/movie theatre
• Tamil: சினிமா (ciṉimā) — a film/movie theatre
• Tamil: திரையரங்கு (tiraiyaraṅku) — a film/movie theatre
• Tamil: திரையரங்கம் (tiraiyaraṅkam) — a film/movie theatre
• Tatar: кинотеатр (kinoteatr) — a film/movie theatre
• Tatar: кино (kino) — a film/movie theatre
• Telugu: సినిమా (sinimā) — a film/movie theatre
• Thai: โรงภาพยนตร์ (roong-pâap-pá-yon) — a film/movie theatre
• Thai: โรงหนัง (roong-nǎng) — a film/movie theatre
• Tok Pisin: haus piksa — a film/movie theatre
• Turkish: sinema — a film/movie theatre
• Turkish: sinema salonu — a film/movie theatre
• Turkmen: kinoteatr — a film/movie theatre
• Turkmen: kino — a film/movie theatre
• Ukrainian: кінотеа́тр (kinoteátr) — a film/movie theatre
• Ukrainian: кіно́ (kinó) — a film/movie theatre
• Unami: pìkchëlikaon — a film/movie theatre
• Urdu: سِنیما (sinemā) — a film/movie theatre
• Urdu: سِنیما گَھر (sinemā ghar) — a film/movie theatre
• Uyghur: كىنوخانا (kinoxana) — a film/movie theatre
• Uyghur: كىنو (kino) — a film/movie theatre
• Uzbek: kinoteatr — a film/movie theatre
• Uzbek: kino — a film/movie theatre
• Vietnamese: rạp phim — a film/movie theatre
• Vietnamese: rạp chiếu phim — a film/movie theatre
• Vietnamese: rạp xi nê — a film/movie theatre
• Vietnamese: rạp xi-nê — a film/movie theatre
• Vietnamese: rạp điện ảnh — a film/movie theatre
• Volapük: bioskopöp — a film/movie theatre
• Welsh: sinema — a film/movie theatre
• Yiddish: קינאָ (kino) — a film/movie theatre
• Assamese: চলচ্চিত্ৰ (solossitro) — films collectively
• Belarusian: кіно́ (kinó) — films collectively
• Bulgarian: ки́но (kíno) — films collectively
• Chinese Cantonese: 電影 /电影 (din6 jing2) — films collectively
• Chinese Mandarin: 電影 /电影 (diànyǐng) — films collectively
• Danish: film — films collectively
• Esperanto: filmaro — films collectively
• Finnish: elokuva — films collectively
• French: cinéma — films collectively
• German: Kino — films collectively
• Greek: κινηματογράφος (kinimatográfos) — films collectively
• Hebrew: קוֹלְנוֹעַ (kolnóa') — films collectively
• Ingrian: kino — films collectively
• Japanese: 映画 (eiga) — films collectively
• Japanese: フィルム (firumu) — films collectively
• Korean: 영화 (yeonghwa) — films collectively
• Latvian: kino — films collectively
• Iranian Persian: سینِما (sinemâ) — films collectively
• Polish: kino — films collectively
• Portuguese: cinema — films collectively
• Russian: кино́ (kinó) — films collectively
• Spanish: cine — films collectively
• Spanish: cinema — films collectively
• Swedish: film — films collectively
• Tajik: кино (kino) — films collectively
• Tajik: синамо (sinamo) — films collectively
• Ukrainian: кіно́ (kinó) — films collectively
• Vietnamese: phim — films collectively
• Vietnamese: điện ảnh — films collectively
• Assamese: চলচ্চিত্ৰ (solossitro) — the film and movie industry
• Belarusian: кінематагра́фія (kinjematahráfija) — the film and movie industry
• Belarusian: кінемато́граф (kinjematóhraf) — the film and movie industry
• Belarusian: кінэматагра́фія (kinematahráfija) — the film and movie industry
• Belarusian: кінэмато́граф (kinematóhraf) — the film and movie industry
• Bulgarian: кинематогра́фия (kinematográfija) — the film and movie industry
• Chinese Cantonese: 電影業 /电影业 (din6 jing2 jip6) — the film and movie industry
• Chinese Mandarin: 電影業 /电影业 (diànyǐngyè) — the film and movie industry
• Danish: filmbranche — the film and movie industry
• Danish: filmindustri — the film and movie industry
• Dutch: filmindustrie — the film and movie industry
• Esperanto: kinindustrio — the film and movie industry
• Finnish: elokuvateollisuus — the film and movie industry
• French: cinéma — the film and movie industry
• German: Filmindustrie — the film and movie industry
• German: Kino — the film and movie industry
• Greek: κινηματογράφος (kinimatográfos) — the film and movie industry
• Gujarati: ચલચિત્ર ઉદ્યોગ (calcitra udyog) — the film and movie industry
• Hebrew: קוֹלְנוֹעַ (kolnóa') — the film and movie industry
• Hungarian: filmgyártás — the film and movie industry
• Ingrian: kino — the film and movie industry
• Irish: tionscal na scannán — the film and movie industry
• Japanese: 映画産業 (eigasangyō) — the film and movie industry
• Kazakh: кино өнері (kino önerı) — the film and movie industry
• Kazakh: кинематография (kinematografiä) — the film and movie industry
• Korean: 영화 산업 (yeonghwa saneop) — the film and movie industry
• Latvian: kinematogrāfija — the film and movie industry
• Polish: kinematografia — the film and movie industry
• Polish: kino — the film and movie industry
• Portuguese: indústria cinematográfica — the film and movie industry
• Romanian: cinematografie — the film and movie industry
• Russian: кино́ (kinó) — the film and movie industry
• Russian: кинематогра́фия (kinematográfija) — the film and movie industry
• Russian: кинемато́граф (kinematógraf) — the film and movie industry
• Sicilian: cìnima — the film and movie industry
• Spanish: cine — the film and movie industry
• Spanish: cinema — the film and movie industry
• Swedish: film — the film and movie industry
• Swedish: filmbransch — the film and movie industry
• Tamil: திரைப்படத்துறை (tiraippaṭattuṟai) — the film and movie industry
• Ukrainian: кінематогра́фія (kinematohráfija) — the film and movie industry
• Ukrainian: кінемато́граф (kinematóhraf) — the film and movie industry
• Vietnamese: ngành phim — the film and movie industry
• Vietnamese: ngành điện ảnh — the film and movie industry
• Assamese: চলচ্চিত্ৰ (solossitro) — the art of making films and movies
• Bulgarian: кинематогра́фия (kinematográfija) — the art of making films and movies
• Catalan: cinema — the art of making films and movies
• Chinese Mandarin: 電影製作術 /电影制作术 (diànyǐng jìzuò shù) — the art of making films and movies
• Esperanto: kino — the art of making films and movies
• Esperanto: kinarto — the art of making films and movies
• Finnish: filmitaide — the art of making films and movies
• Finnish: elokuvataide — the art of making films and movies
• French: cinéma — the art of making films and movies
• French: septième art — the art of making films and movies
• German: Kino — the art of making films and movies
• Greek: κινηματογράφος (kinimatográfos) — the art of making films and movies
• Hebrew: קוֹלְנוֹעַ (kolnóa') — the art of making films and movies
• Hungarian: filmművészet — the art of making films and movies
• Hungarian: film — the art of making films and movies
• Icelandic: kvikmyndalist — the art of making films and movies
• Ingrian: kino — the art of making films and movies
• Irish: scannánaíocht — the art of making films and movies
• Irish: cineama — the art of making films and movies
• Italian: cinematografo — the art of making films and movies
• Italian: cinematografia — the art of making films and movies
• Japanese: 撮影 (satsuei) — the art of making films and movies
• Kazakh: киноөнер (kinoöner) — the art of making films and movies
• Kazakh: кино өнері (kino önerı) — the art of making films and movies
• Kazakh: кинематография (kinematografiä) — the art of making films and movies
• Korean: 촬영 (chwaryeong) — the art of making films and movies
• Latvian: kinematogrāfija — the art of making films and movies
• Macedonian: кинематогра́фија (kinematográfija) — the art of making films and movies
• Polish: kinematografia — the art of making films and movies
• Polish: kino — the art of making films and movies
• Portuguese: cinematografia — the art of making films and movies
• Portuguese: cinema — the art of making films and movies
• Romanian: cinematografie — the art of making films and movies
• Russian: кино́ (kinó) — the art of making films and movies
• Russian: кинематогра́фия (kinematográfija) — the art of making films and movies
• Russian: кинемато́граф (kinematógraf) — the art of making films and movies
• Russian: киноиску́сство (kinoiskússtvo) — the art of making films and movies
• Spanish: cine — the art of making films and movies
• Spanish: cinema — the art of making films and movies
• Swedish: film — the art of making films and movies
• Swedish: filmkonst — the art of making films and movies
• Turkish: sinematografi — the art of making films and movies
• Ukrainian: кіномисте́цтво (kinomystéctvo) — the art of making films and movies
• Vietnamese: nghệ thuật phim — the art of making films and movies
• Vietnamese: nghệ thuật điện ảnh — the art of making films and movies