cinephile

noun

cine·​phile ˈsi-nə-ˌfī(-ə)l How to pronounce cinephile (audio)
: a devotee of motion pictures

Examples of cinephile in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Maybe it can be enjoyed by cinephiles and by families with children? Marta Balaga, Variety, 15 May 2024 From sports lovers to cinephiles and gamers to casual watchers, TCL offers premium and modern 4K TVs for just about anyone with prices that range from as low as $130 for a 32-inch S-Class S2 4K TV, all the way up to $20,000 for a massive 115-inch Q-Class QM8 4K TV and everything else in between. Rudie Obias, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024 With 41 branches, the public library has no shortage of options for bookworms, cinephiles and music lovers. Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 9 May 2024 On her recent return to Studio 8H to host Saturday Night Live for a milestone fifth time, Kristen Wiig dusted off one of her fan favorite characters, cranky cinephile Aunt Linda. Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 2 May 2024 Kim’s Video Kim’s Video tells the quirky true story of how New York dry cleaner Youngman Kim founded Kim’s Video, a downtown institution that inspired a generation of cinephiles, filmmakers, and hipsters with its catalogue of 55,000 independent, obscure and bootlegged films. Erik Morse, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2024 But Rohrwacher is after something deeper than a mere flaunting of cinephile technique, or a showy display of nostalgia. Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024 Being a cinephile in the Dumont-osphere has never been so much fun, and our whole Kino Lorber gang is going into space training to navigate with the most adventurous auteur working today. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024 But the follow-up to Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope (1977) also revealed to cinephiles how inherently good film sequels can be. Steven Thrash, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

French cinéphile, from ciné + -phile

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cinephile was in 1929

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Cite this Entry

“Cinephile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cinephile. Accessed 23 May. 2024.

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