anime

See also: Anime, animé, ànime, and animê

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), itself borrowed from English animation.

Alternative forms

• animé

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæn.ɪ.meɪ/, /ˈæn.ɪ.mə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈæn.ɪ.meɪ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

anime (countable and uncountable, plural anime or animes)

1. (uncountable) An artistic style originating in, and associated with, Japanese animation, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of animated works from other countries.

   I can draw an anime version of you, if you want.

2. (countable) An animated work that originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style.
   • 2005, Peter J. Katzenstein, A World of Regions, page 165,

     After three months of successful sales in manga form, it was made into an anime for television.

   • 2005, Joan D. Vinge, in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection, page cix,

     Usually the manga comes first, though it may be an offshoot of a novel, and an anime may be inspired by a video game.

   • 2006, Thomas LaMarre, in Japan After Japan (Tomiko Yoda & Harry D. Harootunian, eds.), page 363,

     These anime prepared the way for Otaku no video, a two-part Original Video Animation (OVA).

3. (rare, countable, chiefly proscribed) An animated work, regardless of the country of origin.

Synonyms

• (a Japanese animated work): Japanimation (dated), Japanime (dated)

Coordinate terms

• (a Japanese animated work): manga (a Japanese graphic illustration work)

Derived terms

• (a Japanese animated work): animanga
• (an animated work): Japanime

Translations

an animated work originated in Japan

• Albanian: vizatimor lindor (sq)
• Amharic: አኒሜ (ʾänime)
• Arabic: أَنِمِي m (ʔanimī)
• Armenian: անիմե (anime)
• Asturian: anime
• Azerbaijani: anime
• Basque: anime (eu)
• Bavarian: anime
• Belarusian: анімэ́ n (animé)
• Bengali: অ্যানিমে (bn) (ênime)
• Bulgarian: аниме́ n (animé)
• Burmese: အန်နီမဲ (annimai:)
• Catalan: anime (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 日本動畫／日本动画 (Rìběn dònghuà), 日本动画 (Rìběn dònghuà), 動畫／动画 (zh) (dònghuà), 动画 (zh) (dònghuà), 日本卡通 (Rìběn kǎtōng), 日式動畫／日式动画 (Rìshì dònghuà), 日式动画 (Rìshì dònghuà)

• Czech: anime (cs) n
• Danish: anime
• Dutch: anime (nl)
• Esperanto: animeo
• Estonian: anime (et)
• Finnish: anime (fi)
• French: animé (fr) m
• Galician: anime
• Georgian: ანიმე (anime), ანიმე (anime)
• German: Anime (de) m
• Greek: άνιμε (ánime)
• Hebrew: אנימציה יפנית f (anime yapanít), אנימה (he) f (anime)
• Hindi: ऐनिमे (ainime), अनिमे (anime)
• Hungarian: anime (hu)
• Icelandic: anime
• Indonesian: anime
• Italian: anime (it)
• Japanese: アニメ (ja) (anime), アニメーション (ja) (animēshon)
• Kazakh: аниме (anime)
• Korean: 일본의 애니메이션 (ilbonui aenimeisyeon), 아니메 (ko) (anime), 애니메 (aenime), 애니 (ko) (aeni), 애니메이션 (ko) (aenimeisyeon)
• Kyrgyz: аниме (anime)
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• Lao: ອະນິເມະ (ʼa ni me)
• Latin: animātiō Iaponica f
• Latvian: anime
• Lithuanian: anime (lt)
• Macedonian: аниме́ n (animé)
• Malay: anime
• Malayalam: അനിമെ (anime)
• Marathi: आनिमे m (ānime)
• Mongolian: аниме (anime)
• Norwegian: anime (no)
• Occitan: anime
• Persian: انیمه (fa) (anime)
• Polish: anime (pl) n
• Portuguese: anime (pt) m, animé (pt) m, animê (pt) m
• Romanian: anime (ro) n
• Russian: аниме́ (ru) n (animɛ́) (also spelled анимэ́ (animɛ́)), япо́нский мультфи́льм m (japónskij mulʹtfílʹm)
• Sanskrit: अनिमी f (animī)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: аниме n

  Roman: anime n

• Slovak: anime n
• Slovene: anime n
• Spanish: anime (es)
• Swedish: anime (sv) c, animé c (older style, not so common anymore)
• Tagalog: anime
• Tajik: аниме (tg) (anime)
• Tamil: அனிமே (aṉimē)
• Thai: อะนิเมะ (th) (à-ní-mé)
• Turkish: anime (tr)
• Turkmen: anime
• Ukrainian: аніме́ n (animé)
• Urdu: انیمے (anime)
• Uzbek: anime
• Vietnamese: hoạt hình Nhật Bản, hoạt họa (vi) Nhật Bản
• Yiddish: אַנימע (anime)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French animé (“animated”) (from the insects that are entrapped in it); or native name.

Noun

anime (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of animé, the resin of the courbaril.

Anagrams

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

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.

Noun

anime

1. anime

Derived terms

• animefigur

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Esperanto

Etymology

animo +‎ -e.

Adverb

anime

1. in one’s soul; spiritually
   • Lydia Zamenhof (translator), Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz, Part 1, Chapter 26,

     ŝi sentis, ke tiu nefleksebla kaj danĝera homo apartenas nun al ŝi anime kaj korpe, kiel sklavo

     she felt that that unbending and dangerous man belonged to her now, soul and body, like a slave (Jeremiah Curtin translation)

2. in one’s mind; mentally, psychologically
   • Jurij Finkel (translator), La Horo de Bovo (Час Быка / The Bull’s Hour) by Ivan Yefremov, Chapter 7,

     Kiom da trompoj ankoraŭ atendas ĉi tie, precipe inter homoj, tute similaj al la teraj kaj tiom malsamaj anime!

     How many misapprehensions were still in store here, especially among people [who] looked just like Terrans but whose minds were so unlike theirs (lit. so different mentally)!

   • István Nemere, “Tunelo helnigra,” review of La tunelo by Marco Picasso, in Literatura Foiro 176, December 1998,

     Certe estas tiaj situacioj en la vivo de ni ĉiuj. Kaj en la romano mi trovis lokojn, kie mi ekkriis anime: “Jen, tion ankaŭ mi verkus samtiel!”

     There are certainly situations like that in all of our lives. And in the novel I found places, where in my head I would exclaim: “That’s just how I would have written it, too!”

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.

Noun

anime

1. anime

Declension

Inflection of anime (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		anime	animet
genitive		animen	animejen
partitive		animea	animeja
illative		animeen	animeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		anime	animet
accusative	nom.	anime	animet
	gen.	animen
genitive		animen	animejen animein rare
partitive		animea	animeja
inessive		animessa	animeissa
elative		animesta	animeista
illative		animeen	animeihin
adessive		animella	animeilla
ablative		animelta	animeilta
allative		animelle	animeille
essive		animena	animeina
translative		animeksi	animeiksi
abessive		animetta	animeitta
instructive		—	animein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of anime (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative animeni animeni accusative nom. animeni animeni gen. animeni genitive animeni animejeni animeini rare partitive animeani animejani inessive animessani animeissani elative animestani animeistani illative animeeni animeihini adessive animellani animeillani ablative animeltani animeiltani allative animelleni animeilleni essive animenani animeinani translative animekseni animeikseni abessive animettani animeittani instructive — — comitative — animeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative animesi animesi accusative nom. animesi animesi gen. animesi genitive animesi animejesi animeisi rare partitive animeasi animejasi inessive animessasi animeissasi elative animestasi animeistasi illative animeesi animeihisi adessive animellasi animeillasi ablative animeltasi animeiltasi allative animellesi animeillesi essive animenasi animeinasi translative animeksesi animeiksesi abessive animettasi animeittasi instructive — — comitative — animeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative animemme animemme accusative nom. animemme animemme gen. animemme genitive animemme animejemme animeimme rare partitive animeamme animejamme inessive animessamme animeissamme elative animestamme animeistamme illative animeemme animeihimme adessive animellamme animeillamme ablative animeltamme animeiltamme allative animellemme animeillemme essive animenamme animeinamme translative animeksemme animeiksemme abessive animettamme animeittamme instructive — — comitative — animeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative animenne animenne accusative nom. animenne animenne gen. animenne genitive animenne animejenne animeinne rare partitive animeanne animejanne inessive animessanne animeissanne elative animestanne animeistanne illative animeenne animeihinne adessive animellanne animeillanne ablative animeltanne animeiltanne allative animellenne animeillenne essive animenanne animeinanne translative animeksenne animeiksenne abessive animettanne animeittanne instructive — — comitative — animeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative animensa animensa accusative nom. animensa animensa gen. animensa genitive animensa animejensa animeinsa rare partitive animeaan animeansa animejaan animejansa inessive animessaan animessansa animeissaan animeissansa elative animestaan animestansa animeistaan animeistansa illative animeensa animeihinsa adessive animellaan animellansa animeillaan animeillansa ablative animeltaan animeltansa animeiltaan animeiltansa allative animelleen animellensa animeilleen animeillensa essive animenaan animenansa animeinaan animeinansa translative animekseen animeksensa animeikseen animeiksensa abessive animettaan animettansa animeittaan animeittansa instructive — — comitative — animeineen animeinensa

Anagrams

• Maine, Minea, Naemi, maine

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.nim/

Verb

anime

1. first-person singular present indicative of animer
2. third-person singular present indicative of animer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of animer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of animer
5. second-person singular imperative of animer

Anagrams

• en ami, Maine, manie, manié, menai

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Friulian

Alternative forms

• ànime

Etymology

From Latin anima (“breath, soul”) (cf. Italian alma, Romansch olma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni.me/

Noun

anime f (plural animis)

1. soul

Related terms

• animâ
• nemâl

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Hungarian

Etymology

From English anime, from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒnimɛ]
• Hyphenation: ani‧me

Noun

anime (plural animék)

1. anime (artistic style originating in, and associated with, Japanese animation)
2. anime (animated work originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	anime	animék
accusative	animét	animéket
dative	animének	animéknek
instrumental	animével	animékkel
causal-final	animéért	animékért
translative	animévé	animékké
terminative	animéig	animékig
essive-formal	animeként	animékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	animében	animékben
superessive	animén	animéken
adessive	animénél	animéknél
illative	animébe	animékbe
sublative	animére	animékre
allative	animéhez	animékhez
elative	animéből	animékből
delative	animéről	animékről
ablative	animétől	animéktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	animéé	animéké
non-attributive possessive - plural	animééi	animékéi

Possessive forms of anime
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	animém	animéim
2nd person sing.	animéd	animéid
3rd person sing.	animéje	animéi
1st person plural	animénk	animéink
2nd person plural	animétek	animéitek
3rd person plural	animéjük	animéik

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Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), itself borrowed from English animation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈanime]
• Hyphenation: ani‧mé

Noun

anime

1. An artistic style originating in, and associated with, Japanese animation, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of animated works from other countries.

   Hypernym: animasi

Further reading

• “anime” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -anime

Noun

anime f pl

1. plural of anima

Anagrams

• ameni, emani, emina, manie, menai

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Japanese

Romanization

anime

1. Rōmaji transcription of アニメ

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni.me/, [ˈänɪmɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni.me/, [ˈäːnime]

Noun

(deprecated template usage) anime m

1. vocative singular of animus

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɲi.mɛ/

Noun

1. (animation) anime

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈni.mi/
• Hyphenation: a‧ni‧me

Noun

anime m (plural s)

1. (Brazil) anime (Japanese animation)

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:anime.

Alternative forms

• animê
• animé (Portugal)

Related terms

• animação, animar

Etymology 2

Verb

anime

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:animar.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.

Noun

anime n (plural animeuri)

1. anime

Verb

anime

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of anima
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of anima

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈnime/ [aˈni.me]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.

Noun

anime m (plural animes)

1. anime

Alternative forms

• ánime

Etymology 2

See animar.

Verb

anime

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of animar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of animar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of animar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of animar.

Etymology 3

From Medieval Latin amineus (“white”)

Noun

anime m (uncountable)

1. animé (resin)
2. (Cuba, Ecuador) courbaril (Hymenaea courbaril)
3. (Venezuela) expanded polystyrene (EPS), styrofoam

Synonyms

expanded polystyrene

• poliestireno expandido (formal)
• poliestireno extruido (formal)
• aislapol (Chile)
• durapax (El Salvador, Honduras)
• duroport (Guatemala)
• espumaflex, espumafón (Ecuador)
• espuma plast (Uruguay)
• estereofón (Costa Rica, Honduras)
• foam (Panama, Puerto Rico)
• fon (Dominican Republic)
• foum, fom (Puerto Rico)

• hielo seco (Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama)
• icopor (Colombia)
• isopor (Paraguay)
• monoport (Guatemala)
• nieve seca (Mexico)
• plastofor (Bolivia)
• plumafón (Ecuador)
• plumavit (Chile)
• poroplás (Nicaragua)
• poliespuma (Cuba)
• tecnopor (Peru)
• telgopor (Argentina)
• thermopor (Guatemala)
• unicel (Mexico)
• corcho blanco, corchopán, forespán, poliespán, poliexpán, porexpán, poroexpán, techopán (Spain)

Further reading

• “anime”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014