bioscope

A noun with two meanings: it can refer to a movie theater, particularly in South Africa, or to an early type of film projector.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo com dois sentidos: pode designar um cinema, especialmente na África do Sul, ou um tipo antigo de projetor cinematográfico.

1. Movie theater (South African) B1 informal

   A building or venue where films are shown to the public, commonly used in South Africa.

   • We went to the bioscope to watch the new blockbuster.
   • The local bioscope is showing a classic film tonight.
   • He works as a ticket seller at the bioscope.

   🇵🇹Cinema (sul-africano)

   Sinônimos: cinemamovie theater

2. Early movie projector C1 formal technical

   An early device used to project moving images onto a screen, a precursor to modern film projectors.

   • The museum displayed a vintage bioscope from the 1900s.
   • Early bioscopes used a hand-crank to advance the film.
   • The invention of the bioscope revolutionized entertainment.

   🇵🇹Bioscópio

   Sinônimos: film projector

• bioscopes plural form
• bioscopes' possessive plural form
• bioscope's possessive singular form