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cinephile

UK/ˈsɪnɪfɑɪl/US/ˈsɪnəˌfaɪl/

cinephile noun: an enthusiast of films and the cinema.

Noun

cinephile (plural cinephiles)

  1. An enthusiast of films and the cinema.
    • 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 show2016 March 3, David Thomson, “Biggest lesson of the 2016 Oscars? The Academy should be scrapped”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2020
    • As a film-maker, [Quentin] Dupieux has elicited varying responses: in the US he is often dismissed as a dilettante, whereas in France he has been acclaimed a real-deal auteur, not least in revered cinephile journal Cahiers du Cinéma, which raved about his 2007 debut feature, Steak (“leaves us...2021 July 4, Jonathan Romney, “‘I want to make people laugh’: Quentin Dupieux, the fun auteur of French cinema”, in The Observer, →ISSN

Synonyms of cinephile

Forms of cinephile

pluralcinephiles

Origin of cinephile

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

Questions about cinephile

What does cinephile mean?
Cinephile means an enthusiast of films and the cinema.
What part of speech is cinephile?
Cinephile is a noun.
How do you pronounce cinephile?
Cinephile is pronounced /ˈsɪnɪfɑɪl/ (UK).
What is the plural of cinephile?
The plural of cinephile is cinephiles.

Words near cinephile in the dictionary

  1. cineoles
  2. cineols
  3. cinepazet
  4. cinepazide
  5. cinephagic
  6. cinephile
  7. cinephiles
  8. cinephilia
  9. cinephilias
  10. cinephilic
  11. cinephobe

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