Pikachu

See also: Pikachū

English

A Boeing 747-400 painted with a Pikachu among various other Pokémon.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ピカチュウ (Pikachū).

Noun

Pikachu (plural Pikachu or Pikachus)

1. (ACG, video games, anime, manga) A small yellow rodent-like Pokémon species that has red cheeks and a tail shaped like a lightning bolt, and has electricity-related powers.

Usage notes

The official Pokémon products and video games use the plural Pikachu, although Pikachus is commonly used elsewhere.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Pikachu.

Derived terms

• pikachurin

Translations

Pokémon

• Arabic: بيكاتشو
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 比卡超 (bei² kaa¹ ciu¹)

  Mandarin: 皮卡丘 (zh) (Píkǎqiū)

• French: Pikachu
• German: Pikachu (de)
• Hebrew: פִּיקָאצ'וּ m (Píqatshu)
• Hindi: पीकाछू (pīkāchū)
• Indonesian: Pikacu
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• Italian: Pikachu
• Japanese: ピカチュウ (Pikachū)
• Korean: 피카츄 (Pikachu)
• Persian: پیکاچو
• Portuguese: Pikachu
• Russian: Пи́качу (Píkaču)
• Spanish: Pikachu
• Tagalog: Pikachu
• Thai: พิกะจู

See also

• Pikachu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia