cinephile

See also: cinéphile

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cinéphile.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnəfaɪl/

Noun

cinephile (plural cinephiles)

An enthusiast of films and the cinema; a cineast.
- 2016, David Thomson, Biggest lesson of the 2016 Oscars? The Academy should be scrapped (in The Guardian, 3 March 2016)
  The gulf between cinephiles and the public has grown wide. There are pictures that make a lot of money, but seldom win big Oscars or attract young people to the show

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Translations

enthusiast of films and cinema

Catalan: cinèfil (ca) m
French: cinéphile (fr) m or f
German: Cineast (de) m, Cineastin f

Italian: cinefilo (it) m
Portuguese: cinéfilo (pt) m, cinéfila f
Spanish: cinéfilo m, cinéfila f

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