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”; cinematograph