ciné
French, noun/si.ne/
ciné is spelled C-I-N-É (4 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written French, the 7,951st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ciné is a French masculine noun meaning “cinema; movie theater” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Salle de cinéma”.
What does ciné mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinecinema; movie theater
On est allé au ciné mercredi dernier.
prefix
- 1
movement
prefix
- 1
cinematography; cine-
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Salle de cinéma. 2. Cinéma (art).
prefix: 1. Implique une idée de mouvement.
prefix: 1. Relatif à la cinématographie.
prefix: 1. Relatif à des cendres.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ciné
- cinés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ciné?
- /si.ne/
- \si.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ciné
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ciné in French?
ciné appears 7.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).