noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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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UK:/ˌsɪn.ə.məˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fiː/
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rhymes with -ɒɡɹəfi
CMU ARPABET:S IH2 N IH0 M AH0 T AA1 G R AH0 F IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The art, process, or job of filming movies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Motion picture photography.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
the act of making a film
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: filming, motion-picture photography
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: photography, picture taking
Narrower terms: take, animation
History
Etymology
From cinematograph + -y. Compare French cinématographie. Possibly analysable as cinemato- + -graphy.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
تَصْوِير سِينَمَائِيّ
(taṣwīr sīnamāʔiyy)
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Armenian:
կինեմատոգրաֆիա
(kinematografia)
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Belarusian:
кінемато́граф
(kinjematóhraf)
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Belarusian:
кінэмато́граф
(kinematóhraf)
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Belarusian:
кінематагра́фія
(kinjematahráfija)
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Belarusian:
кінамаста́цтва
(kinamastáctva)
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Bulgarian:
кинематогра́фия
(kinematográfija)
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Burmese:
ရုပ်ရှင်ပညာရပ်
(ruphrangpa.nyarap)
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Catalan:
cine
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Catalan:
cinematografia
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Chinese Mandarin:
電影攝影 /电影摄影
(diànyǐng shèyǐng)
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Dutch:
filmkunst
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Esperanto:
kinarto
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Estonian:
filmikunst
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Finnish:
elokuvaus
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Finnish:
elokuvataide
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
French:
cinématographie
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Galician:
cinematografía
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Georgian:
კინემატოგრაფია
(ḳinemaṭograpia)
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
German:
Lichtbildkunst
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
German:
Kinematographie
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Hindi:
फ़िल्मांकन
(filmāṅkan)
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Hungarian:
filmművészet
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Hungarian:
filmkészítés
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Hungarian:
cinematográfia
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Irish:
cineamatagrafaíocht
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Italian:
cinematografia
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Italian:
filmologia
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Japanese:
撮影
(satsuei)
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Kannada:
ಛಾಯಾಗ್ರಹಣ
(chāyāgrahaṇa)
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Khmer:
សិល្បៈថតកុន
(səlləpaʼ thɑɑt kon)
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Korean:
촬영
(chwaryeong)
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Korean:
시네마토그래피
(sinematogeuraepi)
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Malay:
sinematografi
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Norman:
cinnématographie
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Persian:
فیلمبرداری
(film-bardâri)
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Polish:
kinematografia
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Portuguese:
cinematografia
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Romanian:
cinematografie
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Russian:
кинемато́граф
(kinematógraf)
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Russian:
кинематогра́фия
(kinematográfija)
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Russian:
киноиску́сство
(kinoiskússtvo)
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Spanish:
cinematografía
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Tajik:
филмбардорӣ
(filmbardori)
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Thai:
การถ่ายภาพยนตร์
(gaan tàai pâap-pá-yon)
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Turkish:
sinematografi
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Ukrainian:
кінемато́граф
(kinematóhraf)
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
Ukrainian:
кінематогра́фія
(kinematohráfija)
— the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures
