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cine

or cin·é

[sin-ee, sin-ey]
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noun
  1. a film; motion picture.
  2. a motion-picture theater.
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Origin of cine

First recorded in 1895–1900; short for cinema

cine-

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

extracted from cinema
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Related Words

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Examples from the Web for cine

Historical Examples

  • Pis′ciform, in shape like a fish: having the form of a fish; Pis′cine, pertaining to fishes; Pisciv′orous, feeding on fishes.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)

    Various

  • But I recollect finding him cine day studying a high wall (of the old Oratory Church, since pulled down).

    Shandygaff

    Christopher Morley

British Dictionary definitions for cine

cine-

combining form
  1. indicating motion picture or cinemacine camera; cinephotography
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Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
cine in Medicine

cine-

pref.
  1. Motion picture:cineangiography.
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