anime

anime

See also: Anime, animé, ànime, and animê

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 animatio, from animare.

Alternative forms

• animé

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.ɪ.meɪ/, /ˈæn.ɪ.mə/
• (General American) 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, in 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, in Japan After Japan (Tomiko Yoda & Harry D. Harootunian, eds.), 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

• animanga
• Japanime
• pseudo anime

 

Translations

an animated work originated in Japan

Albanian: vizatimor japoneze, anime Amharic: አኒሜ (ʾänime) Arabic: أَنِمِي‎ m (ʾanimī) Hijazi Arabic: أنمي‎ m (animi, animē) Armenian: անիմե (anime) Asturian: anime Azerbaijani: anime Basque: anime (eu) Bavarian: anime Belarusian: анімэ́ n (animé) Bengali: অ্যানিমে (bn) (ôẏanime) Bulgarian: аниме́ n (animé) Burmese: အန်နီမဲ (annimai:) Catalan: anime (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 日本動畫／日本动画 (Rìběn dònghuà), 動畫／动画 (zh) (dònghuà), 日本卡通 (Rìběn kǎtōng), 日式動畫／日式动画 (Rìshì dònghuà) Czech: anime (cs) n Danish: anime Dutch: anime (nl) Esperanto: animeo Estonian: anime (et) Finnish: anime (fi) French: animé (fr) m Galician: anime Georgian: ანიმე (anime), ანიმე (anime) German: Anime (de) m Greek: άνιμε (ánime) Hebrew: אנימציה יפנית‎ f (anime yapanít), אנימה‎ (he) f (anime) Hindi: ऐनिमे (ainime), अनिमे (anime) Hungarian: anime (hu) Icelandic: anime Indonesian: anime Italian: anime (it) Japanese: アニメ (ja) (anime), アニメーション (ja) (animēshon) Kazakh: аниме (anime) Khmer: អានីមេ (ʼaaniimei) Korean: 애니 (ko) (aeni), 아니메 (ko) (anime) Kyrgyz: аниме (anime) Lao: ອະນິເມະ (ʼa ni me) Latin: animātiō Iaponica f, anime n Latvian: anime Lithuanian: anime (lt) Macedonian: аниме́ n (animé) Malay: anime (ms) Malayalam: അനിമെ (anime) Marathi: आनिमे m (ānime) Mongolian: аниме (anime) Norwegian: anime (no) Occitan: anime Persian: انیمه‎ (fa) (anime) Polish: anime (pl) n Portuguese: anime (pt) m, animé (pt) m, animê (pt) m Romanian: anime (ro) n Russian: аниме́ (ru) n (animɛ́), анимэ́ n (animɛ́), япо́нский мультфи́льм m (japónskij mulʹtfílʹm) Sanskrit: अनिमी f (animī) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: аниме n Roman: anime n Slovak: anime n Slovene: anime n Spanish: anime (es), ánime (es), animé (es) Swedish: anime (sv) c, animé c (older style, not so common anymore) Tagalog: anime Afrikaans: anime Tajik: аниме (tg) (anime) Tamil: அனிமே (aṉimē) Thai: อะนิเมะ (th) (à-ní-mé) Turkish: anime (tr) Turkmen: anime Ukrainian: аніме́ (uk) n (animé) Urdu: انیمے‎ (anīme) Uzbek: anime Vietnamese: hoạt hình (vi) Nhật Bản, hoạt họa (vi) Nhật Bản Yiddish: אַנימע‎ (anime)

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

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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)

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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.me̞]

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

Declension of anime (inanimate, ending in vowel)
	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	anime	animea	animeak
ergative	animek	animeak	animeek
dative	animeri	animeari	animeei
genitive	animeren	animearen	animeen
comitative	animerekin	animearekin	animeekin
causative	animerengatik	animearengatik	animeengatik
benefactive	animerentzat	animearentzat	animeentzat
instrumental	animez	animeaz	animeez
inessive	animetan	animean	animeetan
locative	animetako	animeko	animeetako
allative	animetara	animera	animeetara
terminative	animetaraino	animeraino	animeetaraino
directive	animetarantz	animerantz	animeetarantz
destinative	animetarako	animerako	animeetarako
ablative	animetatik	animetik	animeetatik
partitive	animerik	—	—
prolative	animetzat	—	—

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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

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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 [who] 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!”

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

Noun

anime

1. anime

Declension

Inflection of anime (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		anime	animet
genitive		animen	animejen
partitive		animea	animeja
illative		animeen	animeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		anime	animet
accusative	nom.	anime	animet
	gen.	animen
genitive		animen	animejen animeinrare
partitive		animea	animeja
inessive		animessa	animeissa
elative		animesta	animeista
illative		animeen	animeihin
adessive		animella	animeilla
ablative		animelta	animeilta
allative		animelle	animeille
essive		animena	animeina
translative		animeksi	animeiksi
instructive		—	animein
abessive		animetta	animeitta
comitative		—	animeineen

Possessive forms of anime (type nalle)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	animeni	animemme
2nd person	animesi	animenne
3rd person	animensa

Anagrams

• Maine, Minea, Naemi, maine

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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

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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

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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

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	anime	animék
accusative	animét	animéket
dative	animének	animéknek
instrumental	animével	animékkel
causal-final	animéért	animékért
translative	animévé	animékké
terminative	animéig	animékig
essive-formal	animeként	animékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	animében	animékben
superessive	animén	animéken
adessive	animénél	animéknél
illative	animébe	animékbe
sublative	animére	animékre
allative	animéhez	animékhez
elative	animéből	animékből
delative	animéről	animékről
ablative	animétől	animéktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	animéé	animéké
non-attributive possessive - plural	animééi	animékéi

Possessive forms of anime
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	animém	animéim
2nd person sing.	animéd	animéid
3rd person sing.	animéje	animéi
1st person plural	animénk	animéink
2nd person plural	animétek	animéitek
3rd person plural	animéjük	animéik

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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

• IPA^(key): [ˈanime]
• Hyphenation: ani‧mé

Noun

animé

1. 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: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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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

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Japanese

Romanization

anime

1. Rōmaji transcription of アニメ

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni.me/, [ˈänɪmɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni.me/, [ˈäːnime]

Noun

anime m

1. vocative singular of animus

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Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), from English animation. First attested in 1997.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɲi.mɛ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -imɛ
• Syllabification: a‧ni‧me

Noun

anime n (indeclinable)

1. (animation) anime

Adjective

anime (not comparable)

1. (animation, relational, often postpositive) anime

Collocations

Collocations

• pełnometrażowe anime ― full-length anime
• japońskie anime ― Japanese anime
• progresywne anime ― progressive anime
• ulubione anime ― favorite anime
• świetne anime ― great anime
• emitowane anime ― aired anime
• fajne anime ― cool anime
• genialne anime ― brilliant anime
• telewizyjne anime ― TV anime
• popularne anime ― popular anime
• znakomite anime ― excellent anime
• dobre anime ― good anime
• znane anime ― famous anime
• ciekawe anime ― interesting anime
• stare anime ― old anime
• nowe anime ― new anime
• serial anime ― anime show
• seria anime ― anime series
• fan anime ― anime fan
• bohater/bohaterka anime ― main character of an anime
• film anime ― anime movie
• adaptacja anime ― anime adaptation
• fabuła anime ― plot of an anime
• horror anime ― horror anime
• bajka anime ― anime cartoon
• postać anime ― anime character
• popularność anime ― popularity of an anime
• twórca anime ― creator of an anime
• reżyser anime ― director of an anime
• konwencje anime ― conventions of anime
• produkcja anime ― anime production
• sezon anime ― season of an anime
• portal anime ― anime website
• styl anime ― anime style
• duch anime ― spirit of an anime
• gra anime ― anime game
• autor anime ― author of an anime
• tytuł anime ― anime title
• akcja anime ― action anime
• świat anime ― world of anime
• historia anime ― history of anime
• oglądać/obejrzeć anime ― to watch anime
• uwielbiać anime ― to adore/love anime
• kochać anime ― to love anime
• anime powstaje/powstało ― anime is being made/was made
• lubić anime ― to like anime
• polecać anime ― to recommend an anime
• woleć jakieś anime ― to prefer some anime
• tworzyć/stworzyć anime ― to create/make anime
• widzieć anime ― to see anime

References

• Pęzik, Piotr; Przepiórkowski, A.; Bańko, M.; Górski, R.; Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine]‎, Wydawnictwo PWN

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime),[1][2] an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈnĩ.mi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈnĩ.mi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈni.me/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aˈni.m(ɨ)/

• 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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈnĩ.mi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈnĩ.mi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈni.me/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈni.m(ɨ)/

• Hyphenation: a‧ni‧me

Verb

anime

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

References

1. “animé” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
2. “anime” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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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

Declension of anime

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) anime	animeul	(niște) animee	animeele
genitive/dative	(unui) anime	animeului	(unor) animee	animeelor
vocative	animeule		animeelor

Verb

anime

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

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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 animar.

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