cinematic

See also: cinemàtic

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪnəˈmætɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Etymology 1

From cinema +‎ -tic. Compare French cinématique.

Adjective

cinematic (comparative more cinematic, superlative most cinematic)

1. Of or relating to the cinema.
2. Resembling a professional motion picture.

   Despite being shot on tiny budget, the student film looked incredibly cinematic.

Derived terms

• anticinematic
• cinematically
• cinematicity
• ecocinematic
• metacinematic
• neurocinematic
• noncinematic
• postcinematic
• precinematic
• uncinematic

Translations

relating to the cinema

• Arabic: سِينَمَائِيّ (ar) (sīnamāʔiyy)
• Catalan: pel·liculer
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電影業的 / 电影业的 (zh) (diànyǐngyè de)

• Esperanto: kineja
• Finnish: elokuvallinen
• French: cinématographique (fr)
• German: filmisch (de)
• Greek: κινηματογραφικός (el) (kinimatografikós)
• Japanese: シネマティック (shinematikku)
• Polish: kinowy (pl) m, filmowy (pl)
• Russian: кинематографи́ческий (ru) (kinematografíčeskij), кино́шный (ru) (kinóšnyj) (colloquial)
• Spanish: cinematográfico (es)

relating to kinematics — see kinematic

Noun

cinematic (plural cinematics)

1. (video games) A cut scene.

   Is there a way to skip this long cinematic?

   • 2004, David Freeman, Creating Emotion in Games, New Riders, →ISBN, page 390:

     When you talk about writing in games, some designers think you're speaking only about cinematics. Of all the ways to evoke emotion, however, cinematics are the least game-like portion of any game.

Etymology 2

Variant of kinematic.

Noun

cinematic (plural cinematics)

1. Dated form of kinematic.

Anagrams

• McCainite

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cinématique.

Adjective

cinematic m or n (feminine singular cinematică, masculine plural cinematici, feminine and neuter plural cinematice)

1. cinematic

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	cinematic		cinematică		cinematici	cinematice
	definite	cinematicul		cinematica		cinematicii	cinematicele
genitive- dative	indefinite	cinematic		cinematice		cinematici	cinematice
	definite	cinematicului		cinematicei		cinematicilor	cinematicelor