adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to the cinema.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
cinematic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/sɪnəˈmætɪk/
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CMU ARPABET: S IH2 N AH0 M AE1 T IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Resembling a professional motion picture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Despite being shot on tiny budget, the student film looked incredibly cinematic.
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noun
Meaning 3
A cut scene.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: video-games
Examples
- Is there a way to skip this long cinematic?
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noun
Meaning 4
A short film promoting a video game or such type of franchise, often featuring its characters or universe
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: video-games
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noun
Meaning 5
Dated form of kinematic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, dated
Topics: video-games
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adjective
Meaning 6
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the cinema
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology
From cinema + -tic. Compare French cinématique.
Variant of kinematic.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: سِينَمَائِيّ (sīnamāʔiyy) — relating to the cinema
- Catalan: pel·liculer — relating to the cinema
- Chinese Mandarin: 電影業的 /电影业的 (diànyǐngyè de) — relating to the cinema
- Esperanto: kineja — relating to the cinema
- Finnish: elokuvallinen — relating to the cinema
- French: cinématographique — relating to the cinema
- German: filmisch — relating to the cinema
- Greek: κινηματογραφικός (kinimatografikós) — relating to the cinema
- Hungarian: cinematikus — relating to the cinema
- Japanese: シネマティック (shinematikku) — relating to the cinema
- Polish: kinowy — relating to the cinema
- Polish: filmowy — relating to the cinema
- Russian: кинематографи́ческий (kinematografíčeskij) — relating to the cinema
- Russian: кино́шный (kinóšnyj) — relating to the cinema
- Slovak: cinematický — relating to the cinema
- Spanish: cinematográfico — relating to the cinema
Real reading context