cinephile

See also: cinéphile

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cinéphile, equivalent to cine- +‎ -phile.

Pronunciation

Noun

cinephile (plural cinephiles)

  1. An enthusiast of films and the cinema.
    Synonyms: filmaholic, movieholic, cineast
    • 2016 March 3, David Thomson, The Guardian‎[1]:
      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

Translations

See also

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.