moviegoer

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mov·ie·go·er

(mo͞o′vē-gō′ər)

One who goes to see movies.

mov′ie·go′ing adj. & n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

moviegoer

(ˈmuːvɪɡəʊə)

someone who attends a movie or film at the cinema

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

mov•ie•go•er

(ˈmu viˌgoʊ ər)
n.

a person who goes to see motion pictures frequently.

[1920–25]

mov′ie•go`ing, adj.

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Noun

moviegoer - someone who goes to see movies

motion-picture fan

audience - a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance; "the audience applauded"; "someone in the audience began to cough"

looker, spectator, viewer, watcher, witness - a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star"

Translations

moviegoer

[ˈmuːvɪgəʊəʳ] N (US) → aficionado/a m/f al cine

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

moviegoer

[ˈmuːvigəʊə^r] n (US) → cinéphile m/fmovie industry n
the movie industry → l'industrie f cinématographiquemovie star n → vedette f de cinémamovie theater n (US) → cinéma m (salle)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

moviegoer

[ˈmuːvɪˌgəʊəʳ] n (Am) → frequentatore/trice di cinema

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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