noun / adjective
cine
SIN-ee/ˈsɪni/
Films as an entertainment medium.
The cine camera sits beside a reel and a strip of perforated film.
Etymology
The underlying Greek word meant “movement,” the effect created by projecting photographs in rapid succession. Cine shortens cinema and carries its association with films and filmmaking.
More examples
- She collects vintage cine cameras.
- The memoir describes afternoons at the local cine.
- The festival celebrates early cine experiments.
Forms
cine · cines
Similar words
- cinema
- Cinema is the usual full word; cine is a shortened form chiefly found in specialist compounds or regional usage.