salle de cinéma
\sal də si.ne.ma\
The verdict
“salle de cinéma” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Établissement, ou salle de cet établissement, qui a pour vocation d’accueillir le public pour la projection de films.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | salle de cinéma |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sal də si.ne.ma\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “salle de cinéma” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for salle de cinéma is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sal də si.ne.ma\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Établissement, ou salle de cet établissement, qui a pour vocation d’accueillir le public pour la projection de films.".
No misspelling variants are generated for salle de cinéma in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is salle de cinéma, spelled S-A-L-L-E- -D-E- -C-I-N-É-M-A.
Definition
- 1Établissement, ou salle de cet établissement, qui a pour vocation d’accueillir le public pour la projection de films.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct French spelling is S-A-L-L-E- -D-E- -C-I-N-É-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sal də si.ne.ma\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.