kino
n. uncountablen. a word used in some languages to mean 'cinema' or 'movie'. It is often used in Russian or other Slavic languages, but you might see it in English when talking about film history.
n. the Russian and other Slavic term for cinema or film. Often used in English contexts to refer to the history or culture of Soviet cinema.
The museum has a large collection of old kino reels.
During the Soviet era, kino was a powerful tool for the government to spread its political messages to the public.
Scholars often study the transition from silent kino to sound in the 1930s to understand how the medium evolved into a global art form.
18th century. Perhaps borrowed from Mandingo cano, or from a language of the East Indies.
From Russian кино́ (kinó, “movie; cinema”), via Kino-Eye and Dziga Vertov's identification of his film Man with a Movie Camera as "ABSOLUTE KINOGRAPHY".
Coined by Ross Jeffries, from kinesthesia.