noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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South-Asia:/ə.nɪ.meː/
CMU ARPABET:AE2 N IH0 M EY1
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
An animated work that originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
I can draw an anime version of you, if you want.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
An animated work, regardless of the country of origin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, proscribed, rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Alternative spelling of animé (“the resin of the courbaril”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
any of various resins or oleoresins
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gum anime
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: natural resin
6
noun
Meaning 6
a hard copal derived from an African tree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Zanzibar copal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: copal
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2enh1- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *h2enh1mos Proto-Italic *anamos Latin animus Latin anima Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin animō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin animatiōlbor. English animationbor. Japanese アニメーション (animēshon)clip. Japanese アニメ (anime)bor. English anime 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.
Borrowed from French animé (“animated”) (from the insects that are entrapped in it); or native name.
Across languages
Translations
91 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Albanian:
vizatimor japoneze
— an animated work originated in Japan
Albanian:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Amharic:
አኒሜ
(ʾänime)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Arabic:
أَنِمِي
(ʔanimī)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Arabic:
أنمي
(animi, animē)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Armenian:
անիմե
— an animated work originated in Japan
Asturian:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Azerbaijani:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Basque:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Belarusian:
анімэ́
(animé)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Bengali:
অ্যানিমে
(ênime)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Bulgarian:
аниме́
(animé)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Burmese:
အန်နီမဲ
(annimai:)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Catalan:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Chinese:
á-nī-mè
— an animated work originated in Japan
Chinese Mandarin:
日本動畫 /日本动画
(Rìběn dònghuà)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Chinese Mandarin:
動畫 /动画
(dònghuà)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Chinese Mandarin:
日本卡通
(Rìběn kǎtōng)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Chinese Mandarin:
日式動畫 /日式动画
(Rìshì dònghuà)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Chinese Mandarin:
動漫 /动漫
(dòngmàn)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Czech:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Danish:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Dutch:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Esperanto:
animeo
— an animated work originated in Japan
Estonian:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Finnish:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
French:
animé
— an animated work originated in Japan
Galician:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Georgian:
ანიმე
— an animated work originated in Japan
German:
Anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Bavarian German:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Greek:
άνιμε
(ánime)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Hebrew:
אנימציה יפנית
(anime yapanít)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Hebrew:
אנימה
— an animated work originated in Japan
Hindi:
ऐनिमे
(ainime)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Hindi:
अनिमे
— an animated work originated in Japan
Hungarian:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Icelandic:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Indonesian:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Italian:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Japanese:
アニメ
— an animated work originated in Japan
Japanese:
アニメーション
(animēshon)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Kazakh:
аниме
— an animated work originated in Japan
Khmer:
អានីមេ
(ʼaaniimei)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Korean:
아니메
— an animated work originated in Japan
Korean:
애니메이션
(aenimeisyeon)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Kyrgyz:
аниме
— an animated work originated in Japan
Lao:
ອະນິເມະ
(ʼa ni me)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Latin:
animātiō Iaponica
— an animated work originated in Japan
Latin:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Latvian:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Lithuanian:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Macedonian:
а́ниме
(ánime)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Malay:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Malayalam:
അനിമെ
— an animated work originated in Japan
Marathi:
आनिमे
(ānime)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Mongolian:
аниме
— an animated work originated in Japan
Norwegian:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Occitan:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Persian:
انیمه
— an animated work originated in Japan
Polish:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Portuguese:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Portuguese:
animé
— an animated work originated in Japan
Portuguese:
animê
— an animated work originated in Japan
Romanian:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Russian:
аниме́
(animɛ́)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Russian:
анимэ́
(animɛ́)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Russian:
япо́нский мультфи́льм
(japónskij mulʹtfílʹm)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Sanskrit:
अनिमी
(animī)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Serbo-Croatian:
аниме
— an animated work originated in Japan
Serbo-Croatian:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Slovak:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Slovene:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Spanish:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Spanish:
ánime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Spanish:
animé
— an animated work originated in Japan
Swedish:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Swedish:
animé
— an animated work originated in Japan
Tagalog:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Tajik:
аниме
— an animated work originated in Japan
Tamil:
அனிமே
(aṉimē)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Thai:
อะนิเมะ
(à-ní-mé)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Turkish:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Turkmen:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Ukrainian:
аніме́
(animé)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Urdu:
انیمے
(anīme)
— an animated work originated in Japan
Uzbek:
anime
— an animated work originated in Japan
Vietnamese:
hoạt hình Nhật Bản
— an animated work originated in Japan
Vietnamese:
hoạt họa Nhật Bản
— an animated work originated in Japan
Yiddish:
אַנימע
— an animated work originated in Japan
