nekomimi

English

Wikipe-tan as a nekomimi

Etymology

From Japanese 猫耳 (nekomimi), from 猫 (neko, “cat”) + 耳 (mimi, “ear”).

Noun

nekomimi (plural nekomimi or nekomimis)

1. (chiefly Japanese fiction) Cat ears.
3. (chiefly Japanese fiction) (by metonymy, coming from meronymy) A fictional character who has cat ears on an otherwise human body, and possibly other feline characteristics such as a tail.
   • 2005 February 17, Rob Kelk, “Re: DiGi Charat without her hat”, in rec.arts.anime.misc‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Thank you, Galen - I was pretty sure that she wasn't really a nekomimi, but this gives me some proof.

Quotations

• For more quotations using this term, see Citations:nekomimi.

Synonyms

• catperson

Hypernyms

• kemonomimi

Hyponyms

• catboy
• catgirl

Japanese

Romanization

nekomimi

1. Rōmaji transcription of ねこみみ