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.

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.

Noun

animé (countable and uncountable, plural animé or animés)

1. (informal) Alternative spelling of anime

Anagrams

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

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ni.me/

Adjective

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

1. alive
2. animated
3. lively

Derived terms

• dessin animé

Noun

animé m (plural animés)

1. anime

Verb

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

1. past participle of animer

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• en ami, Maine, manie, manié, menai

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Portuguese

Noun

animé m (plural s)

1. Portugal form of animê

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aniˈme/ [a.niˈme]

Verb

animé

1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of animar.