Pokémon

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• UK: /ˈpəʊkəmɒn/
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• US: /ˈpoʊ.kə.mɑn/ commonly
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• US, proscribed, sometimes: /ˈpoʊkiˌmɑn/
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• US: /ˈpoʊ.keɪˌmɑn/ officially
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈpəʉkəmɔn/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈpɐʉkəmɒn/
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• Hong-Kong: /ˈphoʊkhimɔn/
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• Canada: [ˈphoʊ̯kɪmɒn]
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• Canada: [-kə-]
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• Philippines: /poˈkemon/
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• South-Asia: /ˈpoːkɪmɔn/
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• South-Asia: [-kə-]
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• General-South-African: /ˈpœʊkɨmɒn/
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• Puerto-Rico: /ˈpokemon/
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Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *puhô Frankish *pokōbor. Old French poche Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ete Anglo-Norman poketbor. Middle English pocket English pocketbor. Japanese ポケット Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti Proto-Italic *man-eje- Proto-Italic *moneō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Proto-Italic *monestrom Latin mōnstrumbor. Old French monstrebor. Middle English monstre English monsterbor. Japanese モンスター Japanese ポケットモンスターclip. Japanese ポケモン (Pokemon)bor. English Pokémon Borrowed from Japanese ポケモン (Pokemon), a clipped compound of ポケットモンスター (Poketto Monsutā), itself from English pocket monster. The acute accent was added to signify the pronunciation.

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Amharic: ፖከሞን (pokämon) — franchise
• Arabic: بوكيمون — franchise
• Belarusian: Покемон (Pokjemon) — franchise
• Bulgarian: По́кемон (Pókemon) — franchise
• Cherokee: ᏉᎨᎼᏂ (quogemoni) — franchise
• Chinese Cantonese: 寶可夢 /宝可梦 (bou2 ho2 mung6) — franchise
• Chinese Cantonese: 寵物小精靈 /宠物小精灵 (cung2 mat6 siu2 zing1 ling4) — franchise
• Chinese Mandarin: 寶可夢 /宝可梦 (Bǎokěmèng) — franchise
• Chinese Mandarin: 神奇寶貝 /神奇宝贝 (Shénqí Bǎobèi) — franchise
• Chinese Mandarin: 寵物小精靈 /宠物小精灵 (Chǒngwù Xiǎo Jīnglíng) — franchise
• Chinese Mandarin: 口袋妖怪 (Kǒudài Yāoguài) — franchise
• Galician: Pokémon — franchise
• German: Pokémon — franchise
• Greek: Πόκεμον (Pókemon) — franchise
• Hebrew: פוקימון — franchise
• Hindi: पोकेमोन (pokemon) — franchise
• Inuktitut: ᐳᑭᒨᓐ (pokimoon) — franchise
• Korean: 포켓몬 (pokenmon) — franchise
• Russian: покемо́н (pokemón) — franchise
• Tamil: போகெமொன் (pōkemoṉ) — franchise
• Thai: โปเกมอน — franchise
• Telugu: పోకెమొన్ (pōkemon) — franchise
• Urdu: پوکیمون (pokemon) — franchise
• Ukrainian: покемо́н (pokemón) — franchise
• Arabic: بوكيمون — fictional creature
• Arabic: پوكيمون — fictional creature
• Bulgarian: по́кемон (pókemon) — fictional creature
• Finnish: Pokémon — fictional creature
• French: Pokémon — fictional creature
• Galician: pokémon — fictional creature
• Georgian: პოკემონი (ṗoḳemoni) — fictional creature
• German: Pokémon — fictional creature
• Italian: Pokémon — fictional creature
• Japanese: ポケモン (Pokemon) — fictional creature
• Japanese: ポケットモンスター (Poketto Monsutā) — fictional creature
• Kannada: ಪೋಕೆಮೊನ್ (pōkemon) — fictional creature
• Korean: 포켓몬 (Pokenmon) — fictional creature
• Lao: ໂປເກມອນ (pō kē mǭn) — fictional creature
• Portuguese: Pokémon — fictional creature
• Portuguese: poquémon — fictional creature
• Russian: покемо́н (pokemón) — fictional creature
• Sinhalese: පෝකෙමොන් (pōkemon) — fictional creature
• Spanish: pokémon — fictional creature
• Swedish: pokémon — fictional creature
• Tamil: போகெமொன் (pōkemoṉ) — fictional creature
• Telugu: పోకెమొన్ (pōkemon) — fictional creature
• Thai: โปเกมอน — fictional creature
• Turkish: Pokémon — fictional creature
• Ukrainian: покемо́н (pokemón) — fictional creature
• Urdu: پوکیمون (pokemon) — fictional creature