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, from Latin animātiō, from animāre.

Alternative forms

• animé

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) enPR: ănĭmā IPA^(key): /ˈæn.ɪ.meɪ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

A frame from Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors (1944), the first full-length anime film.

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.
   • 1998, “One Week”, performed by Barenaked Ladies:

     Gotta get in tune with Sailor Moon / 'Cause that cartoon has got the boom anime babes / That make me think the wrong thing

   • 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, 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, edited by Tomiko Yoda and Harry D. Harootunian, Japan After Japan, 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)

Hypernyms

• (a Japanese animated work): cartoon, animation

Coordinate terms

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

Derived terms

• Americanime
• animanga
• animelike
• animesque
• animeverse
• anitwt
• Japanime
• manime
• pseudo anime
• tranime

 

Translations

an animated work originated in Japan

• Afrikaans: anime
• Albanian: vizatimor japoneze, anime
• Amharic: አኒሜ (ʾänime)
• Arabic: أَنِمِي m (ʔanimī)

  Hijazi Arabic: أنمي m (animi, animē)

• 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), 動畫／动画 (zh) (dònghuà), 日本卡通 (Rìběn kǎtōng), 日式動畫／日式动画 (Rìshì dònghuà), 動漫／动漫 (zh) (dòngmàn)

• 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 (id)
• Italian: anime (it)
• Japanese: アニメ (ja) (anime), アニメーション (ja) (animēshon)
• Kazakh: аниме (anime)
• Khmer: អានីមេ (ʼaaniimei)
• Korean: 애니 (ko) (aeni), 아니메 (ko) (anime)
• Kyrgyz: аниме (anime)
• Lao: ອະນິເມະ (ʼa ni me)
• Latin: animātiō Iaponica f, anime n
• Latvian: anime
• Lithuanian: anime (lt)
• Macedonian: а́ниме n (ánime)
• Malay: anime (ms)
• 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), анимэ́ n (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), ánime (es), animé (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 (uk) n (animé)
• Urdu: انیمے (anīme)
• Uzbek: anime
• Vietnamese: hoạt hình (vi) 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

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

Afrikaans

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 (plural anime)

1. anime (Japanese animation)

Basque

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): /anime/ [a.ni.me]
• Rhymes: -ime
• Hyphenation: a‧ni‧me

Noun

anime inan

1. anime
   • 2009 December 27, Elena Senao, “Japoniarren bi aurpegiak”, in Argia, number 2212:

     Beste batzuk, berriz, animeetako marrazkien antzera janzten dira; Alizia herrialde miresgarrian ipuinetik ateratakoak ematen du zenbaitek.

     Others, however, disguise themselves in the style of anime cartoons; some look like characters from the tale Alice in Wonderland.

Declension

Declension of anime (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	anime	animea	animeak
ergative	animek	animeak	animeek
dative	animeri	animeari	animeei
genitive	animeren	animearen	animeen
comitative	animerekin	animearekin	animeekin
causative	animerengatik	animearengatik	animeengatik
benefactive	animerentzat	animearentzat	animeentzat
instrumental	animez	animeaz	animeez
inessive	animetan	animean	animeetan
locative	animetako	animeko	animeetako
allative	animetara	animera	animeetara
terminative	animetaraino	animeraino	animeetaraino
directive	animetarantz	animerantz	animeetarantz
destinative	animetarako	animerako	animeetarako
ablative	animetatik	animetik	animeetatik
partitive	animerik	—	—
prolative	animetzat	—	—

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

Dutch

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): /ˈaː.ni.meː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ani‧me

Noun

anime m (plural anime's, diminutive animeetje n)

1. (uncountable) anime
2. (countable) an anime

Derived terms

• animefilm

 

Esperanto

Etymology

animo +‎ -e.

Adverb

anime

1. in one’s soul; spiritually
   • (Can we date this quote?) 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
   • (Can we date this quote?) 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)!

   • (Can we date this quote?) 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑnime/, [ˈɑ̝nime̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑnime
• Hyphenation^(key): ani‧me

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

Derived terms

compounds

• anime-elokuva
• animesarja

 

Further reading

• “anime”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• Maine, Minea, Naemi, maine

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.nim/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

anime

1. inflection of animer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• en ami, Maine, manie, manié, menai

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

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
• Rhymes: -mɛ

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

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. Doublet of aeni and animasi.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

animé

1. anime (an animation originating from Japan, regardless of its style)
2. anime (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.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni.me/
• Rhymes: -anime
• Hyphenation: à‧ni‧me

Noun

anime f pl

1. plural of anima

Anagrams

• Maine, ameni, emani, emina, manie, menai

Japanese

Romanization

anime

1. Rōmaji transcription of アニメ

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Noun

anime m

1. vocative singular of animus

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛ.ni.me]
• Rhymes: -me, -e
• Hyphenation: a‧ni‧me

Noun

anime (Jawi spelling انيمي, plural anime-anime, informal 1st possessive animeku, 2nd possessive animemu, 3rd possessive animenya)

1. 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.

      Gaya lukisan yang popular kebelakangan ini ialah gaya anime.

      A drawing style that has been popular recently is the anime style.

   2. An animated work that originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style.

      Anime ini merupakan hasil kerja Studio Ghibli.

      This anime is a product of the work of Studio Ghibli.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːˌni.me/

Verb

ānime

1. inflection of āniman:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. singular present subjunctive

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ. First attested in 1997.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɲi.mɛ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -imɛ
• Syllabification: a‧ni‧me

Noun

anime n (indeclinable)

1. (animation) anime (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)

   Coordinate term: manga

2. (animation) anime (animated work that originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style)

   Coordinate term: manga

Adjective

anime (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. (animation, postpositive, relational) anime (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)
2. (animation, postpositive, relational) anime (animated work that originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style)

Collocations

Collocations

• pełnometrażowe anime ― full-length anime
• japońskie anime ― Japanese anime
• progresywne anime ― progressive anime
• ulubione anime ― favorite anime
• świetne anime ― great anime
• emitowane anime ― aired anime
• fajne anime ― cool anime
• genialne anime ― brilliant anime
• telewizyjne anime ― TV anime
• popularne anime ― popular anime
• znakomite anime ― excellent anime
• dobre anime ― good anime
• znane anime ― famous anime
• ciekawe anime ― interesting anime
• stare anime ― old anime
• nowe anime ― new anime
• serial anime ― anime show
• seria anime ― anime series
• fan anime ― anime fan
• bohater/bohaterka anime ― main character of an anime
• film anime ― anime movie
• adaptacja anime ― anime adaptation
• fabuła anime ― plot of an anime
• horror anime ― horror anime
• bajka anime ― anime cartoon
• postać anime ― anime character
• popularność anime ― popularity of an anime
• twórca anime ― creator of an anime
• reżyser anime ― director of an anime
• konwencje anime ― conventions of anime
• produkcja anime ― anime production
• sezon anime ― season of an anime
• portal anime ― anime website
• styl anime ― anime style
• duch anime ― spirit of an anime
• gra anime ― anime game
• autor anime ― author of an anime
• tytuł anime ― anime title
• akcja anime ― story arc of an anime
• świat anime ― world of anime
• historia anime ― history of anime
• oglądać/obejrzeć anime ― to watch anime
• uwielbiać anime ― to adore/love anime
• kochać anime ― to love anime
• anime powstaje/powstało ― anime is being made/was made
• lubić anime ― to like anime
• polecać anime ― to recommend an anime
• woleć jakieś anime ― to prefer some anime
• tworzyć/stworzyć anime ― to create/make anime
• widzieć anime ― to see anime

Further reading

• anime I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• anime II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• 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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈnĩ.mi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈnĩ.mi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈni.me/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aˈni.mɨ/

• Hyphenation: a‧ni‧me

Noun

anime m (plural animes)

1. anime (Japanese animation)
   • 2009, Fábio Andrews Rocha Marques, O Livro Que Nós Criamos, Clube de Autores, page 81:

     Princess: Anime? O que é isso?
     Nakamura: São os desenhos animados japoneses, mas diferente do resto do mundo, são desenhos para todas as idades. Tem animes com muito sangue e batalhas de espada, mas existem animes de romance com histórias bem dramáticas também.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Alternative forms

• animé, animê

Related terms

• animação, animar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈnĩ.mi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈnĩ.mi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈni.me/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈni.mɨ/

• Hyphenation: a‧ni‧me

Verb

anime

1. inflection of animar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	anime	animeul		animee	animeele
genitive-dative	anime	animeului		animee	animeelor
vocative	animeule			animeelor

Verb

anime

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

Spanish

Expanded polystyrene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈnime/ [aˈni.me]
• Rhymes: -ime
• Syllabification: a‧ni‧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 the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

anime

1. inflection of animar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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: see Thesaurus:poliestireno expandido

Further reading

• “anime”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Noun

anime c

1. anime (style of animation)
2. an anime (work of anime)

Declension

Declension of anime

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	anime	animes
	definite	animen	animens
plural	indefinite	animes, animéer	animes, animéers
	definite	animéerna	animéernas

See also

• manga

References

• anime in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• anime in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• anime in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English anime (“Japanese animation”), from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), itself from English animation, from Latin animatio, from animare.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔanime/ [ˌʔaː.n̪ɪˈmɛ]
• Rhymes: -anime
• Syllabification: a‧ni‧me

Noun

ánimé (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒᜋᜒ)

1. anime (Japanese animation)