キネマ

Japanese

Etymology

Either a shortening of Japanese キネマトグラフ (kinematogurafu) (itself from English kinematograph),^[1] or from English kinema.^[2]

Listed in one source as a shortening of English kinematograph directly, suggesting that the shortening happened simultaneously with the borrowing.^[3]

First cited to a text from 1910 or 1911.^[3]

Doublet of シネマ (shinema).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) キネマ [kíꜜnèmà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [kʲine̞ma̠]

Noun

キネマ • (kinema)

[from around 1910] (rare) cinematograph: a film, a movie
Synonym: 映画 (eiga)
- 1931, 宮本百合子, 新しきシベリアを横切る:
  画(が)家(か)も、作(さっ)家(か)も、キネマの製(せい)作(さく)者(もの)も総(そう)動(どう)員(いん)を受(う)けた。
  Gaka mo, sakka mo, kinema no seisakumono mo sōdōin o uketa.
  They mobilized artists, writers, and makers of cinematographs.
[from around 1910] (rare) a movie theater
Synonym: 映画館 (eigakan)

Related terms

シネマ (shinema)

References

^ “キネマ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 “キネマ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[DDJS-1] “キネマ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ2-3] 3.0 ^3.1 “キネマ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

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