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animé

/ˈæ.nɪ.meɪ/

animé noun: the resin of the courbaril (Hymenaea courbaril), used in varnishes. Also the alternative spelling of anime.

Noun

animé (uncountable)

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

Also used as

animé is also the alternative spelling of anime.

Synonyms of animé

Forms of animé

alternative formanime
pluralanimé
pluralanimés

Origin of animé

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

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

Questions about animé

What does animé mean?
Animé means the resin of the courbaril (Hymenaea courbaril), used in varnishes.
What part of speech is animé?
Animé is a noun.
How do you pronounce animé?
Animé is pronounced /ˈæ.nɪ.meɪ/.
What is the plural of animé?
The plural of animé is animé.

Words near animé in the dictionary

  1. animus
  2. animus furandi
  3. animuses
  4. animutation
  5. animutations
  6. animé
  7. animés
  8. Anindilyakwa
  9. Anindilyakwan
  10. aningre
  11. Aninoasa

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Adapted from Wiktionary: animé (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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