Pokémon
English
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Japanese ポケモン (Pokemon), a clipping of ポケットモンスター (Poketto Monsutā, literally “pocket monster”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (UK): (file)
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Proper noun
Pokémon
- a Japanese media franchise featuring fictional creatures that are captured by humans and trained to battle each other
Noun
Pokémon (plural Pokémon)
- a fictional creature from the universe of this franchise
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- English terms borrowed from Japanese
- English terms derived from Japanese
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms spelled with É
- English terms spelled with ◌́
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English indeclinable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
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