cinématographie
French, noun
cinématographie is spelled C-I-N-É-M-A-T-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E (15 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cinématographie is a French feminine noun meaning “cinematography” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of cinématographier. With an accent, cinématographié is a different word: “past participle of cinématographier”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Art de réaliser un film ainsi que l’ensemble des techniques employées”.
What does cinématographie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecinematography
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of cinématographier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Art de réaliser un film ainsi que l’ensemble des techniques employées.
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 cinématographie
- cinématographies plural
- cinématographiée feminine
- cinématographiés masculine plural
- cinématographiées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to cinématographie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cinématographie in French?
cinématographie appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).