bioscope
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bio- + -scope. Modern use in South Africa is under the influence of Afrikaans bioskoop.
Noun
[edit]bioscope (plural bioscopes)
- An early form of movie projector
- (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[.]
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Kurtöp: བེས་ཀོབ (beskop)
Translations
[edit]an early form of movie projector
French
[edit]Noun
[edit]bioscope m (plural bioscopes)
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