kino

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːnəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːnəʊ
• Homophone: keno

18th century. Perhaps borrowed from Mandingo cano, or from a language of the East Indies.

kino (countable and uncountable, plural kinos)

1. A botanical gum produced by various trees and other plants, particularly bloodwood species of eucalypts (Angophora, Corymbia, Eucalyptus), Butea, and Pterocarpus, used in tanning and dyeing and as an astringent in medicine.

From Russian кино́ (kinó, “movie; cinema”), via Kino-Eye and Dziga Vertov's identification of his film Man with a Movie Camera as "ABSOLUTE KINOGRAPHY".

kino (usually uncountable, plural kinos)

1. (Internet slang, 4chan slang) Especially good or sophisticated cinema.

   Man, I hate Marvel movies, but Scorsese, now that's some real kino.

kino (comparative more kino, superlative most kino)

1. (Internet slang, 4chan slang) Grand, cinematic, especially in regards to cinema or other cultural media.

   This game is absolutely kino.

Originally used on 4chan's /tv/ board, eventually expanding beyond the site.

Coined by Ross Jeffries, from kinesthesia.

kino (uncountable)

1. (seduction community) Physical contact with another person, touch.
   • 2005, Neil Strauss, The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists, Text Publishing Company, →ISBN, →OL, page 154:

     I noticed, however, that the more interested the 11 became, the more kino the 10 gave me.

   • 2007 February 6, Erik von Markovik, The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed‎^[1], St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 138:

     It is the specific pacing of escalating kino that is important, not the physical touches.

   • 2008 September 23, Tony Clink, The Plan: Have Sex Tonight with a Gorgeous Woman in 69 Easy Steps, New York: Citadel Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 27:

     There's no way for me to find out a girl's attitude toward kino without giving it a try and pushing some limits, so I never miss an opportunity to touch her.

• “kino”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Kino at Knowyourmeme.com

• ikon, oink

• IPA^(key): /kiˈno/ [kɪˈnɔ]
• Hyphenation: ki‧no

kinó f 

1. (pathology) scurvy

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 57

• IPA^(key): /kiˈnoʔ/ [kiˈn̪oʔ]
• Hyphenation: ki‧no

kinô (Basahan spelling ᜃᜒᜈᜓ)

1. mouse; rat

From Russian кино́ (kinó, “movie; cinema”)

kino

1. cinema

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[3], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Clipping of kinematograf, from French cinématographe.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɪno]

kino n

1. cinema

   Synonyms: (informal) biják, biograf

• “kino”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kino”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kino”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Borrowed from German Kino. Doublet of kinematografio.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkino/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: ki‧no

kino (accusative singular kinon, plural kinoj, accusative plural kinojn)

1. film, cinema (art form)

   Synonym: filmarto

   • 1976, Claude Piron, Ĉu vi kuiras ĉine?, Dansk Esp. Forlag, →ISBN:

     Mi persone trovas lin tro belkapa por impresi vire, sed se kredi la kinon, tiaj uloj allogas.

     I personally find him too pretty-headed to impress as manly, but if you believe the movies, folks like that are attractive.

   • 1987, Julij Muraŝkovskij, Ingrida Muraŝkovska, “Gimnastiko por artaj sistemoj” (chapter VIII), in Kien fluas roj’ Castalie:

     Ekzemple, kiam en kino aperis sono, gesta tekniko de la muta kino kuniĝis kun deklama tekniko de teatro.

     For example, when sound appeared in cinema, the gesture technique of silent cinema was combined with the declamation technique of theater.

   • 2001, Renée Triolle, “Filmfestivalo en la patrujo de kino”, in Monato, number 2001/09, →ISSN, page 28:

     Filmfestivalo en la patrujo de kino

     Film festival in the homeland of cinema

   • 2003, Giorgio Silfer, “La gazetoj restas la ĉefa portanto de nia kulturo”, in La Ondo de Esperanto‎^[4], number 2003/02, archived from the original on 25 June 2015:

     Ĉe LF-koop ni renkontas la opinion, ke interreto ne igas la paperajn periodaĵojn superfluaj; analoge, televido ne mortigis kinon, sed eĉ financas ĝian ekziston.

     At LF-koop we encounter the opinion that the internet does not make paper periodicals redundant; analogously, television did not kill cinema, but even finances its existence.

   • 2012, Kristján Eiríksson, “Islando, la venontjara kongreslando”, in Esperanto, number 2012/12:

     Dum la lasta jarcento la pentroarto floradis kaj la saman oni povas diri pri muziko, kino kaj aliaj belartoj.

     During the previous century the art of painting flourished, and the same can be said for music, cinema and other fine arts.

   • 2011, Aleksander Osincev, “Filma jaro 2011”, in Kontakto, number 241 (2011:1):

     Antaŭ unu jaro mi komencis disdoni verdajn Oskar-premiojn por la filmoj kaj filmo-farantoj, kiuj kreas ene de Esperantujo kaj ekster ĝi. Kaj ĉar la Esperanta kino evoluas, estus interese daŭrigi la aljuĝadon de tiuj neoficialaj premioj.

     A year ago I started handing out green Oscar awards for the films and filmmakers who create within and outside of the Esperanto community. And as Esperanto cinema is evolving, it would be interesting to continue awarding these unofficial awards.

2. (archaic) movie theater, cinema (building)

   Synonym: kinejo

   • 1930, Stellan Engholm, chapter V, in Al Torento, Heroldo de Esperanto:

     Ni aĉetis iom da mebloj, aĉetis bonan gramofonon, ni povas kelkafoje iri en kinon, kaj printempe ni espereble sukcesos aĉeti motorbiciklon.

     We bought some furniture, bought a good gramophone, we can go to the movie theater sometimes, and in the spring we will hopefully manage to buy a motorbike.

   • 1934, Stellan Engholm, chapter II, in Infanoj en Torento, volume 1, Literatura Mondo, →ISBN:

     En la kino oni prezentis filmon dufoje semajne, kaj almenaŭ unufoje en ĉiu semajno estis balo en la popola domo.

     In the cinema, a movie was shown twice a week, and at least once every week there was a ball in the community center.

   • 1937, Henrik Seppik, La tuta Esperanto‎^[5], page 104:

     Antaŭ mi en la kino sidis bela fraŭlino.

     Before me in the movie theater was sitting a beautiful, young woman.

   • 1950, Cezaro Rossetti, “Multe da spirito sed neniom da profito” (chapter 25), in Kredu min, sinjorino!, Heroldo de Esperanto, →ISBN:

     En la tura konstruaĵo estas cirko, menaĝerio, restoracioj, dancejo, teatro, kino, butikoj. Ĉiuj estas plenaj.

     In the tower building there is a circus, a menagerie, restaurants, a dance hall, a theater, a cinema, and shops. All are full.

   • 1958, Sándor Szathmári, Vojaĝo al Kazohinio, Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda:

     Tia estis la strato dumtage. Vespere ĝi fariĝis perfekta tombejo. Teatro, kino, gastejo, dancejo ne ekzistas.

     Such was the street during the day. In the evening it became a perfect graveyard. There was no theater, no cinema, no inn, no dance hall.

• kinaĵo (“feature film”)
• kinejo (“movie theater”)
• kinisto (“filmmaker”)

From German Kino.

kino (genitive kino, partitive kino)

1. cinema

Declension of kino (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kino	kinod
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kino
genitive			kinode
partitive		kino	kinosid
illative		kinno kinosse	kinodesse
inessive		kinos	kinodes
elative		kinost	kinodest
allative		kinole	kinodele
adessive		kinol	kinodel
ablative		kinolt	kinodelt
translative		kinoks	kinodeks
terminative		kinoni	kinodeni
essive		kinona	kinodena
abessive		kinota	kinodeta
comitative		kinoga	kinodega

kino

1. to disappear, to vanish (underground) (used for spirits)

kino (kinoca)

1. to refrain (from sneezing, hiccupping, or crying)

From German Kino.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkino/, [ˈk̟ino̞]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification^(key): ki‧no
• Hyphenation^(key): ki‧no

kino (dated)

1. cinema

   Synonym: elokuvateatteri

In modern language, the term is found mostly in names.

• “kino”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[6] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• Niko, koin, koni, noki, onki

From Proto-Polynesian *tino (“body of a person or animal”). Cognates include Rapa Nui tino, Maori tino, Samoan tino, Tahitian tino, and Tokelauan tino.

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.no/, [ˈti.no]

kino

1. (anatomy) body
2. form
3. person, self
4. (grammar) person
5. main portion; (of a ship) hull; (of a text) body

kino

1. (stative) physical
2. (stative) personal

• hoʻokino (“take shape”, verb)
• kino lua (“dual-natured”)

• kino in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tino.a”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559

Borrowed from Russian кино (kino). Compare Finnish kino and Estonian kino.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkino/, [ˈkino̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkino/, [ˈkino̞]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: ki‧no

kino

1. movie
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[7], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 74:

     Kerran viikoos meil käyp kino.

     Once a week a movie is shown at our's.

   • 1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 76:

     — Mikä se ono kino — kyssyy Vanja.
     — Se ono elävät kuvat, tulloo, siis näättä — vastais opettaja.

     — What is it, a movie — Vanja asks.
     — It's living images, it goes, so you watch — the teacher answered.

2. cinema, the movies
   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 36:

     Nyt ono paljo radioita, kinoja, teatroja, kluubija, bibliotekkoja.

     Now there are a lot of radios, cinemas, theatres, clubs, libraries.

   • 1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 42:

     Oikii gluuhhois paikois i seelkii näyttiijää elektricestvo, radio, kino.

     In very remote places even there one finds electricity, radio, movies.

Declension of kino (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	kino	kinot
genitive	kinon	kinnoin, kinoloin
partitive	kinnoa	kinoja, kinoloja
illative	kinnoo	kinnoi, kinoloihe
inessive	kinos	kinois, kinolois
elative	kinost	kinoist, kinoloist
allative	kinolle	kinoille, kinoloille
adessive	kinol	kinoil, kinoloil
ablative	kinolt	kinoilt, kinoloilt
translative	kinoks	kinoiks, kinoloiks
essive	kinonna, kinnoon	kinoinna, kinoloinna, kinnoin, kinoloin
exessive1)	kinont	kinoint, kinoloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Related to dialectal Finnish kina (“drool”) and Karelian kino (“drool”).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkino/, [ˈkino̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkino/, [ˈkino̞]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: ki‧no

kino

1. thin ice

Declension of kino (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	kino	kinot
genitive	kinon	kinnoin, kinoloin
partitive	kinnoa	kinoja, kinoloja
illative	kinnoo	kinnoi, kinoloihe
inessive	kinos	kinois, kinolois
elative	kinost	kinoist, kinoloist
allative	kinolle	kinoille, kinoloille
adessive	kinol	kinoil, kinoloil
ablative	kinolt	kinoilt, kinoloilt
translative	kinoks	kinoiks, kinoloiks
essive	kinonna, kinnoon	kinoinna, kinoloinna, kinnoin, kinoloin
exessive1)	kinont	kinoint, kinoloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 166

kino

1. alternative form of kinō

From Proto-Polynesian *kino (“bad”). Cognate with Hawaiian ʻino.

kino

1. bad
2. gory

kino

1. harm
2. hate

kino (passive kinohia or kinongia or kinotia)

1. (transitive) to dislike, to hate

kino(stative)

1. evil, bad
2. naughty
3. ugly
4. untidy
5. spoiled, damaged
6. defective, faulty

• “kino” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

kino

1. mouse; rat

Borrowed from German Kino.

kino m (definite singular kinoen, indefinite plural kinoer, definite plural kinoene)

1. a cinema

• kinobillett

Borrowed from German Kino.

kino m (definite singular kinoen, indefinite plural kinoar, definite plural kinoane)

1. a cinema

• kinobillett

Borrowed from German Kino.

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.nɔ/

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• Rhymes: -inɔ
• Syllabification: ki‧no

kino n

1. cinema, movie theater

   Synonym: (obsolete) bioskop

• kino in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kino in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Proto-Polynesian (compare Hawaiian ʻino).

kino

1. bad

• rake rake

Borrowed from German Kino.

kíno n or m inan (Cyrillic spelling ки́но)

1. (Bosnia, Croatia) cinema

   Synonym: bȉoskop (Montenegro; Serbia)

Note: The neuter gender is the one prescribed by both standards and is significantly more common. The masculine gender was preferred in the past and is still preserved in some dialects, but is much more rarely used.

• kinokamera

Borrowed from German Kino.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkinɔ]

kino n

1. cinema

• kinematografia

• “kino”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /kíːnɔ/

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kȋno m inan

1. cinema

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	kíno
gen. sing.	kína
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kíno	kína	kíni
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kína	kínov	kínov
dative (dajȃlnik)	kínu	kínoma	kínom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kíno	kína	kíne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kínu	kínih	kínih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kínom	kínoma	kíni

• bioskóp (archaic)

Possibly borrowed from Dutch kinofilm, itself likely from German Kinofilm.

kino

1. movie, motion picture

   Synonyms: felem, pika

2. (metonymic) cinema, movie theatre

Borrowed from Russian кино́ (kinó).

kino (plural kinolar)

1. cinema, movie theater

   Synonym: kinoteatr

2. film, movie, motion picture

   Synonyms: film, kinofilm, kartina

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

kino

1. cinema

Inflection of kino (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	kino
genitive sing.	kinon
partitive sing.	kinod
partitive plur.	kinoid
	singular	plural
nominative	kino	kinod
accusative	kinon	kinod
genitive	kinon	kinoiden
partitive	kinod	kinoid
essive-instructive	kinon	kinoin
translative	kinoks	kinoikš
inessive	kinos	kinoiš
elative	kinospäi	kinoišpäi
illative	kinoho	kinoihe
adessive	kinol	kinoil
ablative	kinolpäi	kinoilpäi
allative	kinole	kinoile
abessive	kinota	kinoita
comitative	kinonke	kinoidenke
prolative	kinodme	kinoidme
approximative I	kinonno	kinoidenno
approximative II	kinonnoks	kinoidennoks
egressive	kinonnopäi	kinoidennopäi
terminative I	kinohosai	kinoihesai
terminative II	kinolesai	kinoilesai
terminative III	kinossai	—
additive I	kinohopäi	kinoihepäi
additive II	kinolepäi	kinoilepäi

• kinotarin

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “кино, фильм”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[8], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

From Japanese 昨日 (kinō, “yesterday”).

kino

1. yesterday

• 真田信治 [Shinji Sanada] (2015) “宜蘭クレオールにおけるsound substitutionについて [On the sound substitution of Yilan Creole]”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[9]