Standard Lemma guide

eyecatch

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • /ˌaɪˈkæt͡ʃ/
  • rhymes with -ætʃ

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noun

Meaning 1

A short scene or illustration used to begin and end a commercial break in a Japanese television program.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Japanese アイキャッチ (aikyatchi), itself a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from eye + catch.