Cinemagoers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Individuals who visit public venues to view films
2. People who engage in the practice of attending cinematic showings
3. Those who go to public cinemas to watch films

Etymology: "Cinemagoers" is the plural of "cinemagoer", a compound of "cinema" and "goer". The first part comes from "cinema", a shortening of "cinematograph", the early name for a motion-picture projector and camera. The second part is the ordinary English agent noun built from the verb "go", so a cinemagoer is simply someone who goes to the cinema. The pattern is productive in English: "theatregoer", "churchgoer" and "moviegoer" follow the same model, with "goer" marking a person who regularly attends a particular place or event. The compound is a straightforward combination of two existing English elements rather than a borrowing, and the plural simply adds "-s" to the end.

Synonyms: moviegoers, film enthusiasts