Etymology

cinephile

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Today it means: An enthusiast of films and the cinema. Full definition →

French cinéphile
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  1. French · borrowed fromcinéphile
  2. English todaycinephile

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.