Pokédex

English

Etymology

Blend of Pokémon +‎ index, adapted from Japanese ポケモン図鑑 (Pokémon Zukan, “Pokémon illustrated encyclopedia”).

The English version was introduced in the dub of the pilot episode of the Pokémon anime, originally aired in September 8, 1998.

Noun

Pokédex (plural Pokédexes)

1. (Pokémon) A fictional electronic encyclopedia with information about Pokémon.
   • 2012 June 5, Onslaught Six, “Does Beast Wars Deserve a Revisit?”, in alt.toys.transformers‎^[1] (Usenet):

     They're all able to make up new punny names based on their altmode without being told what they turn into--presumably their computers might even recognize the scanned Beast Mode immediately, like a Pokedex; "You've scanned a cheetah. Cheetahs are really fast."

   • 2021, David Shaw, Jasmine Fellows, Puzzles and Projects, CSIRO PUBLISHING, →ISBN, page 5:

     Entomologists use catalogues and checklists to record species, such as the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) online database. The ALA includes data like a Pokédex does, including species distribution and collection information.

Derived terms

• Dexit