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

Pronunciation

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 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
Coordinate terms
  • (a Japanese animated work): manga (a Japanese graphic illustration work)
Derived terms
Translations

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


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

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!”

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
animeinrare
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
instructive animein
abessive animetta animeitta
comitative animeineen

Anagrams


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


Friulian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ni.me/

Noun

anime f (plural animis)

  1. soul

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
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

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): /ani.me/
  • 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.

Hypernyms

  • animasi

Further reading


Italian

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -anime

Noun

anime f pl

  1. plural of anima

Anagrams


Japanese

Romanization

anime

  1. Rōmaji transcription of アニメ

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ni.me/, [ˈa.nɪ.mɛ]

Noun

anime m

  1. vocative singular of animus

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

anime n (indeclinable)

  1. (animation) anime

Further reading

  • anime in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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 animes)

  1. (Brazil) anime (Japanese animation)
Quotations
  • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:anime.
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Verb

anime

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of animar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of animar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of animar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of animar
Quotations
  • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:animar.

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈnime/

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

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.
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