animé

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.nɪ.meɪ/

• Audio (US):

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Borrowed from French animé (“animated”), supposedly from the insects entrapped in it. Doublet of animate.

• (improper) anime

animé (uncountable)

1. The resin of the courbaril (Hymenaea courbaril), used in varnishes.

• (dated) courbaril

From the addition of an accent to anime to denote its pronunciation, or possibly through conflation with the above etymology.

animé (countable and uncountable, plural animé or animés)

1. (informal) Alternative spelling of anime
   • 2008 October 23, Mark I. West, The Japanification of Children's Popular Culture: From Godzilla to Miyazaki, Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page 191:

     The popularity of Japanese manga and animé in America raises the question of why these forms of Japanese culture appeal to so many Americans. My quick answer is that the characters featured in manga and animé have a cross-cultural […]

   • 2017 January 5, Wheeler Winston Dixon, Richard Graham, A Brief History of Comic Book Movies, Springer, →ISBN, page 50:

     Leiji Matsumoto's Space Battleship Yamato (1974–1975) is considered a monumental work of Japanese science fiction, sustaining a solid fan base since its appearance as an animé and manga in late 1974.

• Maine, minæ, minae, maine, I mean, amine, -amine, manie, Emina

• IPA^(key): /a.ni.me/

• Audio:

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animer +‎ -é

animé (feminine animée, masculine plural animés, feminine plural animées)

1. alive
2. animated
3. lively

animé (feminine animée, masculine plural animés, feminine plural animées)

1. past participle of animer

From Japanese アニメ (“anime”), from アニメーション (“animēshon”), from English animation.

animé m (plural animés)

1. (anime) anime

• “animé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• en ami, Maine, manie, manié, menai

• Rhymes: -ɛ

animé m (plural animés)

1. Portugal form of anime

• IPA^(key): /aniˈme/ [a.niˈme]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: a‧ni‧mé

animé

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of animar