cine

or cin·é

[sin-ee, sin-ey]

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noun

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

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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Related Words for cine

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

Examples from the Web for cine

Historical Examples of cine

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

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).

cine in Medicine

cine-

pref.

Motion picture:cineangiography.