cinema

  • 21cinema — / tʃinema/ s.m. [abbrev. di cinematografo, sull es. del fr. cinéma ], invar. 1. [l insieme delle opere del cinema, intese sia come manifestazioni artistiche sia come prodotti commerciali e di svago: c. muto, sonoro ; c. d autore ; l industria del …

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  • 22cinema — (n.) 1899, a movie hall, from Fr. cinéma, shortened from cinématographe, coined 1890s by Lumiere brothers, who invented it, from Gk. kinema movement, from kinein to move (see CITE (Cf. cite)). Meaning movies collectively, especially as an art… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 23cinema — Today, in BrE one can still say that one is going to the cinema to see a film; in AmE one goes to the movies or to a theater to see a movie. In Australia and New Zealand, one goes to the pictures or a picture theatre to see a film. However, movie …

    Modern English usage

  • 24cinema — sustantivo masculino 1. Uso/registro: restringido. Cine. 2. Uso/registro: restringido. Cinema tógrafo …

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  • 25cinema — [sin′ə mə] n. [short for cinematograph: see CINEMATOGRAPHY] Chiefly Brit. a film theater the cinema 1. the art or business of making films 2. films collectively cinematic [sin΄mat′ik] adj. cinematically adv …

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  • 26cinema- — (var., «cinemato ») Elemento prefijo del gr. «kínēma, atos», movimiento: ‘cinemática, cinematógrafo’. ⊚ Es también forma prefija de «cinematógrafo»: ‘Cinemateca’. ⇒ Cine . * * * altcinema , cinemato /alt ► Prefijos procedentes del gr. kinema,… …

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  • 27cinéma-œil — ● cinéma œil nom masculin invariable (calque du russe kino glaz) Théorie cinématographique exposée par l opérateur d actualités russe Dziga Vertov, en 1922, soutenant que la caméra devrait saisir objectivement la réalité …

    Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 28cinema — |ê| s. m. 1. Arte de compor e realizar filmes destinados a serem projeções cinematográficas. 2. Estabelecimento ou sala de projeções cinematográficas. 3.  [Brasil, Informal] Fingimento, simulação.   ‣ Etimologia: redução de cinematógrafo   •… …

    Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • 29cinema — [n] movie industry; movie arena big screen*, bijou, cine, drive in, film, flicks*, motion pictures, movie house, movie theater, moving pictures, nabes*, photoplay, pictures, picture show, playhouse, show, silver screen*; concepts 293,349 …

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  • 30cinema — ► NOUN chiefly Brit. 1) a theatre where films are shown. 2) the production of films as an art or industry. ORIGIN Greek kin ma movement , from kinein to move …

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