Cinemascope

/ˈsɪnɪməˌskoʊp/ noun

Definition

A widescreen film format that creates wider, panoramic images; a trademark for a specific cinematic technology developed in the 1950s.

Etymology

From cinema + -scope (from Greek 'skopein,' to see or view). Developed by 20th Century Fox in 1953, it was one of the major widescreen formats that made cinema visually spectacular.

Kelly Says

CinemaScope was a direct response to television—Hollywood needed to give audiences something they *couldn't* get at home, so they literally made the image wider and grander to fill your entire vision.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ሲኒማስኮፕ
sinemaskop
ARالعربية
سينما سكوب
sīnmā skūb
BNবাংলা
সিনেমাস্কোপ
sinemaskop
CACatalà
cinemascope
sinemaskop
CSČeština
cinemascope
ˈtsɪnɛmaskop
DADansk
cinemascope
ˈsɪnəmɑːˌskʰoʊˀp
DEDeutsch
Cinemascope
ˈsɪnəmɑːskəʊp
ELΕλληνικά
σινεμάσκοπ
sinemaskop
ESEspañol
cinemascope
sinemaskop
FAفارسی
سینمااسکوپ
sinemāskūp
FISuomi
cinemascope
ˈtsinemaskoːpe
FRFrançais
cinémascope
sinemaskop
GUGU
સિનેમાસ્કોપ
sinemāskōp
HAHA
sinemaskop
sinemaskop
HEעברית
סינמסקופ
sinemaskop
HIहिन्दी
सिनेमास्कोप
sinemāskōp
HUMagyar
cinemascope
ˈtsinemɒskɔp
IDBahasa Indonesia
sinemaskop
sinemaskop
IGIG
sinemaskopu
sinemaskopu
ITItaliano
cinemascope
ʧineˈmaskope
JA日本語
シネマスコープ
shinemasukōpu
KKKK
синемаскоп
sinemaskop
KMKM
ស៊ីនីម៉ាស្កុផ
sinemaskop
KO한국어
시네마스코프
sinemaseukopeu
MRMR
सिनेमास्कोप
sinemāskōp
MSBahasa Melayu
sinemaskop
sinemaskop
MYမြန်မာ
ဆင်နမာစကုပ်
sinemaskop
NLNederlands
cinemascope
ˈsɪnəmɑːskəʊp
NONorsk
cinemascope
ˈsɪnəmɑːskɔp
PAPA
ਸਿਨੇਮਾਸਕੋਪ
sinemāskōp
PLPolski
cinemascope
ˈt͡ɕinemaskɔp
PTPortuguês
cinemascope
sinemaskop
RORomână
cinemascope
ˈt͡sinemaskop
RUРусский
синемаскоп
sinemaskop
SVSvenska
cinemascope
ˈɕiːnəmasˌkuːp
SWKiswahili
sinemaskopu
sinemaskopu
TAதமிழ்
சினிமாஸ்கோப்
cinimāskōp
TEతెలుగు
సినిమాస్కోప్
sinimāskōp
THไทย
ซีนีมาสโคป
sīnīmāskōp
TLTL
sinemaskop
sinemaskop
TRTürkçe
sinemaskop
sinemaskop
UKУкраїнська
синемаскоп
sinemaskop
URاردو
سنیماسکوپ
sinemaskop
VITiếng Việt
phim rộng
phim rông
YOYO
sinemaskopu
sinemaskopu
ZH中文
宽银幕
kuān yín mù
ZUZU
isinemaskopu
isinemaskopu

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