home cinema

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English

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Noun

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home cinema (plural home cinemas)

  1. (UK) A system for showing cinema-quality films at home; usually comprising high-definition television and surround sound.
  2. (rare, by extension) A dedicated room for such a system.

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English home cinema.

Noun

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home cinema m (plural home cinemas)

  1. home cinema (theatre-quality film system at home)
    Synonym: home theater

Spanish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English home cinema.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˌxom θiˈnema/ [ˌxõm θiˈne.ma]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˌxom siˈnema/ [ˌxõm siˈne.ma]

Noun

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home cinema m (plural home cinemas)

  1. home cinema (system)

Usage notes

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According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.