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cine

cine

1 6.0
A building where people go to watch movies
  • noun
  • /ˈsɪni/
  • UK
translation icon : cine
  • ''Cine.''

Examples

  • Where I was taken to, brothers... was like no cine I ever viddied before.

    A Clockwork Orange (1971)

  • They pass the "Cine" in the storefront.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The first film was a very good, professional piece of cine... like it was done in Hollywood.

    A Clockwork Orange (1971)

  • Please - give - me - me - di - cine.

    Late Bloomer (2004)

  • A cine-projector could only project in a straight line, could it not?

    Fiction book (2001)

  • At the time, Kodachrome was available as 8mm and 16mm cine film, 35mm slide film, and sheet film up to 8x10.

    Blog text (34)

  • We watched a classic movie at the cine downtown last night.

  • She loves going to the cine on weekends to see the latest releases.

  • The new cine opened up near my house, and it's showing all the blockbuster films.

Synonyms

theater
vscine
  • US
553 1.0

A building where people go to see plays or movies

is narrower used only for places showing films
movie theater
vscine
  • US
110 1.0

A building where people go to watch movies on a big screen

is a British informal form used especially in that region
cinema
vscine
65 1.0

A building where people go to watch films on a screen

is a British informal term used for the same place
movie house
vscine
  • US
12 1.6

A building where people go to watch movies

is an informal British form used to name the same place
cineplex
vscine
  • US
2 3.4

A large movie theater with many screens showing different films at the same time

is a general British informal name for any single film showing place
odeon
vscine
  • UK
1 6.3

A building where people go to watch films

is the British informal form commonly used for that same venue
picture palace
vscine
  • Archaic
1 8.9

An old-fashioned cinema where films are shown to the public

is the modern informal form used instead of the older phrase
cinematograph
vscine
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A building where people go to watch films

is the current informal British word rather than a historical name
multiscreen
vscine
3.9

A cinema with several rooms showing different films

is a general British informal name rather than a specific multi-auditorium complex

Compounds

cine projector
  • Specialized
4.6

A machine that shows moving pictures from film on a screen

cine-camera
  • Specialized
6.7

A camera that makes movies on film

cine-film
  • Specialized
7.7

A long roll of photo film used to record movies

Surface Forms

cine singular
cines plural

Etymology

Cine is a short form of cinema, and that word comes from Greek kinēma 'movement' because films are moving pictures. So a cine is simply a place to see movies.