cine
/ˈsɪni/noun
cine is spelled C-I-N-E: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,703rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cine means “cinefilm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in cine?
| Letters | 4: C-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 40,703rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cine?
Cine appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,703rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cine?
- /ˈsɪni/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cine.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with cine
Sounds like: sinny (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with cine?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as cine.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: nice.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of cine
- kine-
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
cinefilm
a cine camera
- 2
Images of the heart taken by fluoroscopy.
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of cine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense prefix:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ciné- |
| Portuguese | cine- |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cine come from?
Clipping of cinefilm, from Ancient Greek κῑνέω (kīnéō, “to move”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).