cinema
/ˈsɪnəmə/
noun
Common
1.n.a medium that disseminates moving pictures
“theater pieces transferred to celluloid”
2.n.a theater where films are shown
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cinema and film share a recorded sense, so the question is not what they mean but which one fits. cinema means “a medium that disseminates moving pictures”. film means “a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement”. film is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/ˈsɪnəmə/
1.n.a medium that disseminates moving pictures
“theater pieces transferred to celluloid”
2.n.a theater where films are shown
/ˈfɪlm/
| cinema | film | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈsɪnəmə/ | /ˈfɪlm/ |
| Said | SIN-uh-muh | film |
| Syllables | 3 | 1 |
| Letters | 6 | 4 |
| Parts of speech | noun | noun, verb |
| Senses | 2 | 7 |
| How common | Common | Core |
| Synonyms | film, celluloid | movie, picture, moving picture |
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1.n.a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
“they went to a movie every Saturday night”
2.n.a medium that disseminates moving pictures
“theater pieces transferred to celluloid”
3.n.photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies