anime

English

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anime

Wikipedia

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

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) enPR: ănĭmā IPA^(key): /ˈæn.ɪ.meɪ/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

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.

   I can draw an anime version of you, if you want.

2. (countable) An animated work that originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style.
   • 1998, “One Week”, performed by Barenaked Ladies:

     Gotta get in tune with Sailor Moon / 'Cause that cartoon has got the boom anime babes / That make me think the wrong thing

   • 2005, Peter J. Katzenstein, A World of Regions, page 165:

     After three months of successful sales in manga form, it was made into an anime for television.

   • 2005, Joan D. Vinge, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection, page cix:

     Usually the manga comes first, though it may be an offshoot of a novel, and an anime may be inspired by a video game.

   • 2006, Thomas LaMarre, edited by Tomiko Yoda and Harry D. Harootunian, Japan After Japan, page 363:

     These anime prepared the way for Otaku no video, a two-part Original Video Animation (OVA).

3. (rare, countable, chiefly proscribed) An animated work, regardless of the country of origin.

Synonyms

• (a Japanese animated work): Japanimation (dated), Japanime (dated)

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

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

Afrikaans

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anime

Wikipedia ^af

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/
• Rhymes: -ime
• Hyphenation: a‧ni‧me

Noun

anime inan

1. anime
   • 2009 December 27, Elena Senao, “Japoniarren bi aurpegiak”, in Argia, number 2212:

     Beste batzuk, berriz, animeetako marrazkien antzera janzten dira; Alizia herrialde miresgarrian ipuinetik ateratakoak ematen du zenbaitek.

     Others, however, disguise themselves in the style of anime cartoons; some look like characters from the tale Alice in Wonderland.

Declension

Danish

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anime

Wikipedia ^da

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

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

anime

Wikipedia ^nl

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/

• Audio

  (file)

• 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.

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,

     ŝi sentis, ke tiu nefleksebla kaj danĝera homo apartenas nun al ŝi anime kaj korpe, kiel sklavo

     she felt that that unbending and dangerous man belonged to her now, soul and body, like a slave (Jeremiah Curtin translation)

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,

     Kiom da trompoj ankoraŭ atendas ĉi tie, precipe inter homoj, tute similaj al la teraj kaj tiom malsamaj anime!

     How many misapprehensions were still in store here, especially among people looked just like Terrans but whose minds were so unlike theirs (lit. so different mentally)!

   • (Can we date this quote?) István Nemere, “Tunelo helnigra,” review of La tunelo by Marco Picasso, in Literatura Foiro 176, December 1998,

     Certe estas tiaj situacioj en la vivo de ni ĉiuj. Kaj en la romano mi trovis lokojn, kie mi ekkriis anime: “Jen, tion ankaŭ mi verkus samtiel!”

     There are certainly situations like that in all of our lives. And in the novel I found places, where in my head I would exclaim: “That’s just how I would have written it, too!”

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/,
• Rhymes: -ɑnime
• Syllabification^(key): a‧ni‧me

Noun

anime

1. anime

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “anime”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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/

• Audio

  (file)

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

Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:

anime

Wikipedia ^hu

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):
• 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

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anime

Wikipedia ^id

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

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ani‧mé

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, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of animated works from other countries)

   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 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) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni.me/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni.me/,

Noun

anime m

1. vocative singular of animus

Polish

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anime

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ. First attested in 1997.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɲi.mɛ/

• Audio

  (file)

• 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)

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:anime.

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

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anime

Wikipedia ^es

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Poliestireno expandido

Wikipedia ^es

Expanded polystyrene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈnime/
• 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

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Wikipedia ^sv

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 animatio, from animare.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔanime/,
• Rhymes: -anime
• Syllabification: a‧ni‧me

Noun

ánimé (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒᜋᜒ)

1. anime (Japanese animation)