adj
Meaning 1
Showing qualities typical of a tsundere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tsundere
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US: tso͞on'dər-ā
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US: /ˈ(t)sun.dəɹ.eɪ/
noun
Meaning 2
A fictional character who fits the archetype of being cold or even hostile towards another person before gradually showing a warm and caring side.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Japanese
Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese ツンデレ (tsundere), from つんつん (tsun-tsun, “in a cross, aloof, or standoffish manner”, adverb) + でれでれ (dere-dere, “in a lovey-dovey, infatuated, or lovestruck manner”, adverb).
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: تْسُونْدِرِي (tsūndirī) — character who fits the archetype of being cold or hostile before gradually showing a warm and caring side
- Chinese Mandarin: 傲嬌 /傲娇 (àojiāo) — character who fits the archetype of being cold or hostile before gradually showing a warm and caring side
- French: tsundere — character who fits the archetype of being cold or hostile before gradually showing a warm and caring side
- German: Tsundere — character who fits the archetype of being cold or hostile before gradually showing a warm and caring side
- Hungarian: cundere — character who fits the archetype of being cold or hostile before gradually showing a warm and caring side
- Indonesian: setelan cuek — character who fits the archetype of being cold or hostile before gradually showing a warm and caring side
- Indonesian: stecu — character who fits the archetype of being cold or hostile before gradually showing a warm and caring side
- Indonesian: tsundere — character who fits the archetype of being cold or hostile before gradually showing a warm and caring side
- Italian: tsundere — character who fits the archetype of being cold or hostile before gradually showing a warm and caring side
- Japanese: ツンデレ (tsundere) — character who fits the archetype of being cold or hostile before gradually showing a warm and caring side
- Korean: 츤데레 (cheundere) — character who fits the archetype of being cold or hostile before gradually showing a warm and caring side
- Russian: цу́ндэрэ (cúndɛrɛ) — character who fits the archetype of being cold or hostile before gradually showing a warm and caring side
- Thai: ซึนเดเระ (sʉn-dee-ré) — character who fits the archetype of being cold or hostile before gradually showing a warm and caring side
- Ukrainian: цу́ндере (cúndere) — character who fits the archetype of being cold or hostile before gradually showing a warm and caring side