Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cinemaphile

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cin-emaphile
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A movie enthusiast; a film buff.

Example Sentences

"Instead of talking to the agent at AAA, the professor, the librarian, the travel agent, or the cinemaphile two doors down, we are interacting with electronic social agents."
"Panned as one of the worst movies of all time, “Marienbad My Love With Mango Extracts” would seem to offer little of interest to the serious cinemaphile."
"Recollections from a hundred heist films interrupted, racing across his cinemaphile's brain."

Etymology

From cinema + -phile.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: cinema

Inflected Forms

cinemaphiles (plural)

Questions

What does cinemaphile mean?: A movie enthusiast; a film buff.
Where does cinemaphile come from?: From cinema + -phile.

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