anime

anime

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English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), itself borrowed from English animation, from Latin animātiō, from animāre.

Alternative forms

  • animé

Pronunciation

  • (Western) enPR: ănĭmā, IPA(key): /ˈæn.ɪ.meɪ/
  • (Indic) IPA(key): /ənɪˈmeː/

Noun

anime (countable and uncountable, plural anime or animes)

  1. (uncountable) An artistic style originating in, and associated with, Japanese animation, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of animated works from other countries.
  2. (countable) An animated work that originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style.
  3. (rare, countable, chiefly proscribed) An animated work, regardless of the country of origin.
Synonyms
  • (a Japanese animated work): Japanimation (dated), Japanime (dated)
Hypernyms
  • (a Japanese animated work): cartoon, animation
Coordinate terms
  • (a Japanese animated work): manga (a Japanese graphic illustration work)
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French animé (“animated”) (from the insects that are entrapped in it); or native name.

Noun

anime (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of animé (“the resin of the courbaril”).

Anagrams

  • Maine, minæ, minae, maine, I mean, amine, -amine, manie, Emina

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈɲi.mɛ/

Noun

anime (plural anime)

  1. anime (Japanese animation)

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anime/ [a.ni.me]
  • Rhymes: -ime, -e
  • Hyphenation: a‧ni‧me

Noun

anime inan

  1. anime

Declension

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.

Noun

anime

  1. anime

Derived terms

  • animefigur

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaː.ni.meː/
  • Hyphenation: ani‧me

Noun

anime m (plural anime's, diminutive animeetje n)

  1. (uncountable) anime
  2. (countable) an anime

Derived terms

Esperanto

Etymology

animo +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈnime/
  • Rhymes: -ime
  • Hyphenation: a‧ni‧me

Adverb

anime

  1. in one’s soul; spiritually
    • (Can we date this quote?) Lydia Zamenhof (translator), Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz, Part 1, Chapter 26,
  2. in one’s mind; mentally, psychologically
    • (Can we date this quote?) Jurij Finkel (translator), La Horo de Bovo (Час Быка / The Bull’s Hour) by Ivan Yefremov, Chapter 7,
    • (Can we date this quote?) István Nemere, “Tunelo helnigra,” review of La tunelo by Marco Picasso, in Literatura Foiro 176, December 1998,

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑnime/, [ˈɑ̝nime̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑnime
  • Syllabification(key): a‧ni‧me
  • Hyphenation(key): ani‧me

Noun

anime

  1. anime

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “anime”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

  • Maine, Minea, Naemi, maine

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.nim/

Verb

anime

  1. inflection of animer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

  • en ami, Maine, manie, manié, menai

Friulian

Alternative forms

  • ànime

Etymology

From Latin anima (“breath, soul”) (cf. Italian alma, Romansch olma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ni.me/

Noun

anime f (plural animis)

  1. soul

Related terms

  • animâ
  • nemâl

Hungarian

Etymology

From English anime, from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒnimɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ani‧me
  • Rhymes: -mɛ

Noun

anime (plural animék)

  1. anime (artistic style originating in, and associated with, Japanese animation)
  2. anime (animated work originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style)

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), itself borrowed from English animation. Doublet of aeni and animasi.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /aˈnime/ [aˈni.me]
  • Rhymes: -ime
  • Syllabification: a‧ni‧me

Noun

animé

  1. anime (an animation originating from Japan, regardless of its style)
  2. anime (an artistic style originating in, and associated with, Japanese animation)
    Hypernym: animasi

Further reading

  • “anime” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ni.me/
  • Rhymes: -anime
  • Hyphenation: à‧ni‧me

Noun

anime f pl

  1. plural of anima

Anagrams

  • Maine, ameni, emani, emina, manie, menai

Japanese

Romanization

anime

  1. Rōmaji transcription of アニメ

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.nɪ.mɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.ni.me]

Noun

anime m

  1. vocative singular of animus

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English anime, from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), itself borrowed from English animation, from Latin animātiō, from animāre. Doublet of animasi.

Pronunciation

  • (English-based) IPA(key): [ɛ.ni.me]
  • (spelling-based) IPA(key): [a.ni.me]
  • Rhymes: -me, -e
  • Hyphenation: a‧ni‧me

Noun

anime (Jawi spelling انيمي, plural anime-anime)

  1. Anime:
    1. An artistic style originating in, and associated with, Japanese animation, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of animated works from other countries.
    2. An animated work that originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style.

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑːˌni.me/

Verb

ānime

  1. inflection of āniman:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. singular present subjunctive

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ. First attested in 1997.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈɲi.mɛ/
  • Rhymes: -imɛ
  • Syllabification: a‧ni‧me

Noun

anime n (indeclinable)

  1. (animation) anime (artistic style originating in, and associated with, Japanese animation, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of animated works from other countries)
    Coordinate term: manga
  2. (animation) anime (animated work that originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style)
    Coordinate term: manga

Adjective

anime (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (animation, postpositive, relational) anime (artistic style originating in, and associated with, Japanese animation, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of animated works from other countries)
  2. (animation, postpositive, relational) anime (animated work that originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style)

Collocations

Further reading

  • anime I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • anime II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • anime in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧ni‧me

Noun

anime m (plural animes)

  1. anime (Japanese animation)
Alternative forms
  • animé, animê
Related terms
  • animação, animar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧ni‧me

Verb

anime

  1. inflection of animar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.

Noun

anime n (plural animeuri)

  1. anime

Declension

Verb

anime

  1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of anima

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈnime/ [aˈni.me]
  • Rhymes: -ime
  • Syllabification: a‧ni‧me

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.

Noun

anime m (plural animes)

  1. anime
Alternative forms
  • ánime

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

anime

  1. inflection of animar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

From Medieval Latin amineus (“white”).

Noun

anime m (uncountable)

  1. animé (resin)
  2. (Cuba, Ecuador) courbaril (Hymenaea courbaril)
  3. (Venezuela) expanded polystyrene (EPS), styrofoam
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:poliestireno expandido

Further reading

  • “anime”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
  • Manuel Seco, Olimpia Andrés, Gabino Ramos (2023 August 3) “anime”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ via English animie

Noun

anime c

  1. anime (style of animation)
  2. an anime (work of anime)

Declension

See also

  • manga

References

  • anime in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • anime in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • anime in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English anime (“Japanese animation”), from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), itself from English animation, from Latin animātiō.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔanime/ [ˌʔaː.n̪ɪˈmɛ]
  • Rhymes: -anime
  • Syllabification: a‧ni‧me

Noun

ánimé (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒᜋᜒ)

  1. anime (Japanese animation)

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