eyecatch
/ˌaɪˈkæt͡ʃ/
eyecatch noun: a short scene or illustration used to begin and end a commercial break in a Japanese television program.
Noun
eyecatch (plural eyecatches)
- A short scene or illustration used to begin and end a commercial break in a Japanese television program.
- Tootemo! Pheromone has an "eyecatch” between each scene consisting of still shots of the characters in a short, flashy animated sequence, much like anime episodes use to signal commercial breaks.2007, E Taylor, “Dating-Simulation Games: Leisure and Gaming of Japanese Youth Culture”, in Southeast Review of Asian Studies, volume 29, page 197
- Another use of music in the extradiegetic space is with the bumper (sometimes called an eyecatch or just a bump), which is a brief text occurring during commercial breaks in the middle of a program.2010, Ronald Wayne Rodman, Tuning in: American Narrative Television Music, page 55
Forms of eyecatch
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Origin of eyecatch
Phono-semantic matching of Japanese アイキャッチ (aikyatchi), itself a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from eye + catch.
Words that rhyme with eyecatch
Questions about eyecatch
- What does eyecatch mean?
- Eyecatch means a short scene or illustration used to begin and end a commercial break in a Japanese television program.
- What part of speech is eyecatch?
- Eyecatch is a noun.
- How do you pronounce eyecatch?
- Eyecatch is pronounced /ˌaɪˈkæt͡ʃ/.
- What is the plural of eyecatch?
- The plural of eyecatch is eyecatches.
Words near eyecatch in the dictionary
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