cinema

Meaning

Noun

A movie theatre, a movie house
Films collectively.
The film and movie industry.
The art of making films and movies; cinematography

Origin

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

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