Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cinephile

/ˈsɪnəˌfaɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables: cinephile
IPA: /ˈsɪnəˌfaɪl/

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An enthusiast of films and the cinema.

Example Sentences

"The gulf between cinephiles and the public has grown wide. There are pictures that make a lot of money, but seldom win big Oscars or attract young people to the show"
"As a film-maker, [Quentin] Dupieux has elicited varying responses: in the US he is often dismissed as a dilettante, whereas in France he has been acclaimed a real-deal auteur, not least in revered cinephile journal Cahiers du Cinéma, which raved about his 2007 debut feature, Steak (“leaves us slack-jawed and wide-eyed”), and devoted a whole section to his latest French release, Mandibules (2020)."

Etymology

Borrowed from French cinéphile, equivalent to cine- + -phile.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈsɪnəˌfaɪl/
British English: /ˈsɪnɪfɑɪl/

Inflected Forms

cinephiles (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

cinephilia cinephilic filmgoer moviegoer

Synonyms

filmaholic movieholic cineast

Questions

How do you pronounce cinephile?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪnəˌfaɪl/.
What does cinephile mean?: An enthusiast of films and the cinema.
Where does cinephile come from?: Borrowed from French cinéphile, equivalent to cine- + -phile.

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