Meanings
cinematic1
comparative more cinematic · superlative most cinematic
- Of or relating to the cinema.
- Resembling a professional motion picture.
Despite being shot on tiny budget, the student film looked incredibly cinematic.
plural cinematics
- video gamesA cut scene.
Is there a way to skip this long cinematic?
1 more example
When you talk about writing in games, some designers think you're speaking only about cinematics. Of all the ways to evoke emotion, however, cinematics are the least game-like portion of any game.
2004, David Freeman, Creating Emotion in Games, New Riders, →ISBN, page 390 - video gamesA short film promoting a video game or such type of franchise, often featuring its characters or universe
cinematic2
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
cinematic · adjective, noun
From cinema + -tic. Compare French cinématique.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic سِينَمَائِيّ
- سِينَمَائِيّ (sīnamāʔiyy)relating to the cinema
Catalan pel·liculer
- pel·liculerrelating to the cinema
Chinese Mandarin 電影業的 /电影业的
- 電影業的 /电影业的 (diànyǐngyè de)relating to the cinema
Esperanto kineja
- kinejarelating to the cinema
Finnish elokuvallinen
- elokuvallinenrelating to the cinema
French cinématographique
- cinématographiquerelating to the cinema
German filmisch
- filmischrelating to the cinema
Greek κινηματογραφικός
- κινηματογραφικός (kinimatografikós)relating to the cinema
Hungarian cinematikus
- cinematikusrelating to the cinema
Japanese シネマティック
- シネマティック (shinematikku)relating to the cinema
Polish kinowy, filmowy
- kinowyrelating to the cinema
- filmowyrelating to the cinema
Russian кинематографи́ческий, кино́шный
- кинематографи́ческий (kinematografíčeskij)relating to the cinema
- кино́шный (kinóšnyj)relating to the cinema
Slovak cinematický
- cinematickýrelating to the cinema
Spanish cinematográfico
- cinematográficorelating to the cinema
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Cite this entry
cinematic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cinematic
“cinematic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cinematic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cinematic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cinematic.
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