kino

¹ American  

[kee-noh] / ˈki noʊ /

noun

plural

kinos

1. (in Europe) a movie theater; cinema.

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Kino ² American  

[kee-noh] / ˈki noʊ /

noun

1. Eusebio Francisco Padre KinoFather Kino, 1645?–1711, Tyrolean-born explorer and missionary in SW North America.

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kino British  

/ ˈkiːnəʊ /

noun

1. Also called: kino gum.  a dark red resin obtained from various tropical plants, esp an Indian leguminous tree, Pterocarpus marsupium, used as an astringent and in tanning

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Usage

What else does kino mean? Kino can variously refer to a category of art-house cinema on internet message boards, an experimental film movement, or, controversially, a term for intimate touch among so-called pickup artists.

Etymology

Origin of kino

First recorded in 1925–30; from German, shortened form of Kinematograph, from French cinématographe “movie camera/projector”; see origin at cinematograph

Example Sentences

"It's kino," he tells me—the Bicol word for rat.

From Slate • Feb. 29, 2012

The tram that used to run downtown has disappeared, and a new wing has been added to the elementary school I attended, but the old kino, which I recognized instantly, is still a movie theater.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fifteen grains of powdered alum, and five grains of gum kino, made into a bolus with a little syrup, and given every four or five hours till the discharge abates.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

Gum kino, bitters, chalybeates, friction over the whole skin with flannel morning and night.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

Palas, pal′as, n. a small bushy Punjab bean, yielding a kind of kino, Butea gum.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various