anime
English
/ˈæn.ɪ.meɪ/, /ˈæn.ɪ.meɪ/
noun
Definitions
- (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.
- (countable) An animated work that originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style.
- (rare) An animated work, regardless of the country of origin.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime) derived from English animation.
Origin
English
animation
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- animate English
- animation English
- animelike English
- animesque English
- animeverse English
- animu English
- disanimation English
- inanimation English
- nonanimation English
- reanimation English
- transanimation English
- anime Finnish
- anime Hungarian
- аниме Russian
- anime Spanish, Castilian
- animasjon Norwegian Bokmål
- anime Portuguese
- アニソン Japanese
- アニメ Japanese
- アニメーション Japanese
- anime Polish
- animasjon Norwegian Nynorsk
- anime Danish
- أنمي Arabic
- ऐनिमे Hindi
- anime Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- อะนิเมะ Thai
- anime Indonesian
- аниме Bulgarian
- အန်နီမဲ Burmese
- 애니메이션 Korean
- anime Basque