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Is anime a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word anime is a Scrabble US word. The word anime is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is anime a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word anime is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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5-letter words (3 found)

AMINE,ANIME,MINAE,

4-letter words (15 found)

AINE,AMEN,AMIE,AMIN,EINA,MAIN,MANE,MANI,MEAN,MEIN,MIEN,MINA,MINE,NAME,NEMA,

3-letter words (15 found)

AIM,AIN,AME,AMI,ANE,ANI,EAN,MAE,MAN,MEN,MNA,NAE,NAM,NIE,NIM,

2-letter words (13 found)

AE,AI,AM,AN,EA,EM,EN,IN,MA,ME,MI,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 47 words from anime according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of anime

anime naime ainme ianme niame iname anmie namie amnie manie nmaie mnaie aimne iamne amine maine imane miane nimae inmae nmiae mniae imnae minae aniem naiem ainem ianem niaem inaem aneim naeim aenim eanim neaim enaim aienm iaenm aeinm eainm ieanm eianm nieam ineam neiam eniam ienam einam anmei namei amnei manei nmaei mnaei anemi naemi aenmi eanmi neami enami ameni maeni aemni eamni meani emani nmeai mneai nemai enmai menai emnai aimen iamen amien maien imaen miaen aiemn iaemn aeimn eaimn ieamn eiamn amein maein aemin eamin meain emain imean miean ieman eiman meian emian nimea inmea nmiea mniea imnea minea niema inema neima enima ienma einma nmeia mneia nemia enmia menia emnia imena miena iemna eimna meina emina

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Definitions and meaning of anime

anime

Etymology 1

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.

Alternative forms

  • animé

Pronunciation

  • (General American, Received Pronunciation) enPR: ănĭmā IPA(key): /ˈæn.ɪ.meɪ/

Noun

anime (countable and uncountable, plural anime or animes)

  1. (uncountable) 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.
  2. (countable) An animated work that originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style.
  3. (rare, countable, chiefly proscribed) An animated work, regardless of the country of origin.
Synonyms
  • (a Japanese animated work): Japanimation (dated), Japanime (dated)
Coordinate terms
  • (a Japanese animated work): manga (a Japanese graphic illustration work)
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French animé (“animated”) (from the insects that are entrapped in it); or native name.

Noun

anime (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of animé (“the resin of the courbaril”).

Anagrams

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

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈɲi.mɛ/

Noun

anime (plural anime)

  1. anime (Japanese animation)

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anime/ [a.ni.me]
  • Rhymes: -ime
  • Hyphenation: a‧ni‧me

Noun

anime inan

  1. anime

Declension

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.

Noun

anime

  1. anime

Derived terms

  • animefigur

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaː.ni.meː/
  • Hyphenation: ani‧me

Noun

anime m (plural anime's, diminutive animeetje n)

  1. (uncountable) anime
  2. (countable) an anime

Derived terms

Esperanto

Etymology

animo +‎ -e.

Adverb

anime

  1. in one’s soul; spiritually
    • (Can we date this quote?) Lydia Zamenhof (translator), Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz, Part 1, Chapter 26,
  2. in one’s mind; mentally, psychologically
    • (Can we date this quote?) Jurij Finkel (translator), La Horo de Bovo (Час Быка / The Bull’s Hour) by Ivan Yefremov, Chapter 7,
    • (Can we date this quote?) István Nemere, “Tunelo helnigra,” review of La tunelo by Marco Picasso, in Literatura Foiro 176, December 1998,

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑnime/, [ˈɑ̝nime̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑnime
  • Syllabification(key): a‧ni‧me

Noun

anime

  1. anime

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “anime”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

  • Maine, Minea, Naemi, maine

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.nim/

Verb

anime

  1. inflection of animer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

  • en ami, Maine, manie, manié, menai

Friulian

Alternative forms

  • ànime

Etymology

From Latin anima (“breath, soul”) (cf. Italian alma, Romansch olma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ni.me/

Noun

anime f (plural animis)

  1. soul

Related terms

  • animâ
  • nemâl

Hungarian

Etymology

From English anime, from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒnimɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ani‧me
  • Rhymes: -mɛ

Noun

anime (plural animék)

  1. anime (artistic style originating in, and associated with, Japanese animation)
  2. anime (animated work originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style)

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), itself borrowed from English animation. Doublet of aeni and animasi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈanime]
  • Hyphenation: ani‧mé

Noun

animé

  1. anime (an animation originating from Japan, regardless of its style)
  2. anime (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)
    Hypernym: animasi

Further reading

  • “anime” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ni.me/
  • Rhymes: -anime
  • Hyphenation: à‧ni‧me

Noun

anime f pl

  1. plural of anima

Anagrams

  • Maine, ameni, emani, emina, manie, menai

Japanese

Romanization

anime

  1. Rōmaji transcription of アニメ

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ni.me/, [ˈänɪmɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ni.me/, [ˈäːnime]

Noun

anime m

  1. vocative singular of animus

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ. First attested in 1997.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈɲi.mɛ/
  • Rhymes: -imɛ
  • Syllabification: a‧ni‧me

Noun

anime n (indeclinable)

  1. (animation) anime (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)
    Coordinate term: manga
  2. (animation) anime (animated work that originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style)
    Coordinate term: manga

Adjective

anime (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (animation, postpositive, relational) anime (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)
  2. (animation, postpositive, relational) anime (animated work that originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style)

Collocations

Further reading

  • anime I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • anime II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • anime in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧ni‧me

Noun

anime m (plural animes)

  1. anime (Japanese animation)
Quotations
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:anime.
Alternative forms
  • animé, animê
Related terms
  • animação, animar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧ni‧me

Verb

anime

  1. inflection of animar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.

Noun

anime n (plural animeuri)

  1. anime

Declension

Verb

anime

  1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of anima

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈnime/ [aˈni.me]
  • Rhymes: -ime
  • Syllabification: a‧ni‧me

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), ultimately from English animation.

Noun

anime m (plural animes)

  1. anime
Alternative forms
  • ánime

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

anime

  1. inflection of animar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

From Medieval Latin amineus (“white”).

Noun

anime m (uncountable)

  1. animé (resin)
  2. (Cuba, Ecuador) courbaril (Hymenaea courbaril)
  3. (Venezuela) expanded polystyrene (EPS), styrofoam
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:poliestireno expandido

Further reading

  • “anime”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

anime c

  1. anime (style of animation)
  2. an anime (work of anime)

Declension

See also

  • manga

References

  • anime in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • anime in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • anime in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English anime (“Japanese animation”), from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), itself from English animation, from Latin animatio, from animare.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔanime/, [ˈʔa.nɪ.mɛ]
  • Rhymes: -anime
  • Syllabification: a‧ni‧me

Noun

ánimé (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒᜋᜒ)

  1. anime (Japanese animation)

Source: wiktionary.org