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cinematic

/sɪnəˈmætɪk/adjective, noun

cinematic is an adjective meaning “Of or relating to the cinema” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-I-N-E-M-A-T-I-C and has 4 syllables, and it appears 4.0 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does cinematic mean?

adjective

  1. 1

    Of or relating to the cinema.

  2. 2

    Resembling a professional motion picture.

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

noun

  1. 1

    A cut scene.

    Is there a way to skip this long cinematic?

  2. 2

    A short film promoting a video game or such type of franchise, often featuring its characters or universe

  3. 3

    datedDated form of kinematic.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce cinematic?

  • /sɪnəˈmætɪk/

Cinematic has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cinematic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of cinematic

  • more cinematic comparative
  • most cinematic superlative
  • cinematics plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is cinematic?

Cinematic appears 4.0 times per million words in written English, the 12,940th 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).

Words people confuse with cinematic

Also written: kinematic.

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Cinematic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense relating to the cinema:

LanguageWords
Frenchcinématographique
Germanfilmisch
Spanishcinematográfico

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 cinematic come from?

From cinema + -tic. Compare French cinématique.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).