🇮🇹 Italian

cinema

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masculine

i cinema

cinemas

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cinema
/i ˈtʃiːnema/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cinema in Italian?

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/i ˈtʃiːnema/

How do you pronounce cinema in Italian?

cinema is pronounced /i ˈtʃiːnema/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il cinema nuovo è molto grande e ha molti schermi moderni.

The new cinema is very large and has many modern screens.

Quel cinema storico è stato restaurato completamente ed è diventato ancora più bello.

That historic cinema was completely restored and became even more beautiful.

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Why is it masculine?

Cinema is masculine in Italian because it derives from the Greek word "kinema" (κίνημα, meaning "movement"), and Greek loanwords ending in -ma typically became masculine in Italian, following the pattern of Latin neuter nouns in -ma that were reanalyzed as masculine during the Romance language evolution. This is the same reason words like "problema," "sistema," and "programma" are masculine in Italian.

What is the Italian word for cinemas?

The Italian word for cinemas is i cinema — masculine.

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