She knows a lot about films. She is a cinephile.
Source: tatoeba (10736511)
Cinephile
//ˈsɪnɪfɑɪl//
Synonyms for "cinephile" (9 found)
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Noun(2 words)
Related words (4)
Noun(1 words)
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6 entriesTranslations
20 translations across 12 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- cinèfil noun (enthusiast of films and cinema)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 影迷 noun (enthusiast of films and cinema)
Finnish
1 entries- elokuvaintoilija noun (enthusiast of films and cinema)
French
1 entries- cinéphile noun (enthusiast of films and cinema)
German
2 entries- Cineast noun (enthusiast of films and cinema)
- Cineastin noun (enthusiast of films and cinema)
Italian
2 entries- cinefila noun (enthusiast of films and cinema)
- cinefilo noun (enthusiast of films and cinema)
Japanese
1 entries- 映画ファン noun (enthusiast of films and cinema)
Polish
3 entries- kinoman noun (enthusiast of films and cinema)
- kinomaniak noun (enthusiast of films and cinema)
- kinomanka noun (enthusiast of films and cinema)
Portuguese
2 entries- cinéfila noun (enthusiast of films and cinema)
- cinéfilo noun (enthusiast of films and cinema)
Russian
1 entries- киноман noun (enthusiast of films and cinema)
Spanish
2 entries- cinéfila noun (enthusiast of films and cinema)
- cinéfilo noun (enthusiast of films and cinema)
Swedish
3 entries- cineast noun (enthusiast of films and cinema)
- filmkännare noun (enthusiast of films and cinema)
- filmälskare noun (enthusiast of films and cinema)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
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
Source: wiktionary
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).
Source: wiktionary
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