animé

See also: anime, Anime, ànime, and animê

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.nɪ.meɪ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French animé (“animated”), supposedly from the insects entrapped in it. Doublet of animate.

Alternative forms

• (improper) anime

Noun

animé (uncountable)

1. The resin of the courbaril (Hymenaea courbaril), used in varnishes.

Synonyms

• (dated) courbaril

Etymology 2

From the addition of an accent to anime to denote its pronunciation, or possibly through conflation with the above etymology.

Noun

animé (countable and uncountable, plural animé or animés)

1. (informal) Alternative spelling of anime
   • 2008 October 23, Mark I. West, The Japanification of Children's Popular Culture: From Godzilla to Miyazaki, Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page 191:

     The popularity of Japanese manga and animé in America raises the question of why these forms of Japanese culture appeal to so many Americans. My quick answer is that the characters featured in manga and animé have a cross-cultural […]

   • 2017 January 5, Wheeler Winston Dixon, Richard Graham, A Brief History of Comic Book Movies, Springer, →ISBN, page 50:

     Leiji Matsumoto's Space Battleship Yamato (1974–1975) is considered a monumental work of Japanese science fiction, sustaining a solid fan base since its appearance as an animé and manga in late 1974.

Anagrams

• -amine, I mean, Maine, amine, maine, manie, minae, minæ

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ni.me/

• Audio

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Etymology 1

animer +‎ -é

Adjective

animé (feminine animée, masculine plural animés, feminine plural animées)

1. alive
2. animated
3. lively

Derived terms

• dessin animé

 

Participle

animé (feminine animée, masculine plural animés, feminine plural animées)

1. past participle of animer

Etymology 2

From Japanese アニメ (“animē”), from アニメーション (“animēshon”), from English animation.

Noun

animé m (plural animés)

1. (anime) anime

Synonyms

• japanimation f

 

Hypernyms

• dessin animé

 

Further reading

• “animé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• en ami, Maine, manie, manié, menai

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /a.niˈmɛ/

• Rhymes: -ɛ

Noun

animé m (plural animés)

1. Portugal form of anime

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aniˈme/ [a.niˈme]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: a‧ni‧mé

Verb

animé

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of animar