bioscope

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English

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Etymology

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From bio- +‎ -scope. Modern use in South Africa is under the influence of Afrikaans bioskoop.

Noun

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bioscope (plural bioscopes)

  1. An early form of movie projector
  2. (South Africa, India, Myanmar, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Pakistan, dated) A cinema or movie theatre.
    • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 175:
      Like their Western brothers, groups of native youths [in Burma] from out-lying places set out cheerfully on Saturday nights to visit the nearest "Bioscope", as they call the cinema[.]
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Descendants

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  • Kurtöp: བེས་ཀོབ (beskop)

Translations

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French

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Noun

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bioscope m (plural bioscopes)

  1. bioscope