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cine

or cin·é

[sin-ee, sin-ey]
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noun

a film; motion picture.
a motion-picture theater.

RELATED WORDS

flick, cinema, talkie, picture, show, feature, film, videotape, drive-in, celluloid, screenplay, pictures, bijou, playhouse, flicker, movie, cinematics, cinematograph, photodrama, photoplay

Origin of cine

First recorded in 1895–1900; short for cinema

cine-

a combining form meaning “motion picture,” used in the formation of compound words: cineradiograph.

Origin of cine-

extracted from cinema
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British Dictionary definitions for cine

cine-

combining form

indicating motion picture or cinemacine camera; cinephotography
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Word Origin and History for cine

abbreviation of cinema used in compounds or as a stand-alone, 1928, perhaps partly from French ciné (1917).

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Medicine definitions for cine

cine-

pref.

Motion picture:cineangiography.
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