Etymology

animé

Today it means: The resin of the courbaril (Hymenaea courbaril), used in varnishes. Full definition →

French animé
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animé · noun1

  1. French · borrowed fromanimé“animated”
  2. English todayanimé

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

animé · noun2

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

Words from the same roots

Frenchanimé all →

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