Kino

¹ American  

[kee-noh] / ˈki noʊ /

noun

1. Eusebio Francisco Padre KinoFather Kino, 1645?–1711, Tyrolean-born explorer and missionary in SW North America.

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kino ² American  

[kee-noh] / ˈki noʊ /

noun

plural

kinos

1. (in Europe) a movie theater; cinema.

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kino British  

/ ˈkiːnəʊ /

noun

1. Also called: kino gum.  a dark red resin obtained from various tropical plants, esp an Indian leguminous tree, Pterocarpus marsupium, used as an astringent and in tanning

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Usage

What else does kino mean? Kino can variously refer to a category of art-house cinema on internet message boards, an experimental film movement, or, controversially, a term for intimate touch among so-called pickup artists.

Etymology

Origin of kino

First recorded in 1925–30; from German, shortened form of Kinematograph, from French cinématographe “movie camera/projector”; cinematograph

Example Sentences

Palas, pal′as, n. a small bushy Punjab bean, yielding a kind of kino, Butea gum.

From Project Gutenberg

We occasionally use it in the following form for red water and chronic dysentery:— Powdered kino, 20 grains.

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"Vot kino!" they repeat after her, as the lesson draws to an end, "there's the cinema!"

From BBC

Eucalyptus rostrata and other species yield eucalyptus or red gum, which must be distinguished from Botany Bay kino.

From Project Gutenberg

The chief astringents are the mineral acids, alum, lime-water, chalk, salts of copper, zinc, iron, lead, silver; and among vegetables catechu, kino, oak-bark, and galls.

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