"Pokémon" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈpəʊ.kə.mɒn/ [UK], /ˈpoʊ.keɪˌmɑn/ [US], /ˈpoʊ.kə.mɑn/ [US], /ˈpoʊ.kiˌmɑn/ [US], /ˈpoʊ.ki.mɔn/ [Hong-Kong], [ˈpo(ː)kɪmɒ(ː)n] [Canada], [-ke-] [Canada], [-kə-] [Canada], /poˈke.mon/ [Philippines] Audio: En-uk-Pokémon.ogg , En-us-Pokémon.oga
Etymology: From Japanese ポケモン (Pokemon), a contraction of ポケットモンスター (Poketto Monsutā), itself from English pocket monster. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|ポケモン|tr=Pokemon}} Japanese ポケモン (Pokemon), {{contraction|ja|ポケットモンスター|nocap=1|nocat=1|tr=Poketto Monsutā}} contraction of ポケットモンスター (Poketto Monsutā), {{der|en|en|pocket monster}} English pocket monster Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Pokémon
  1. A Japanese media franchise featuring fictional creatures that are captured by humans and trained to battle each other. Translations (franchise): По́кемон (Pókemon) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 寶可夢 (Chinese Cantonese), 宝可梦 (bou² ho² mung⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 寵物小精靈 (Chinese Cantonese), 宠物小精灵 (cung² mat⁶ siu² zing¹ ling⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 寶可夢 (Chinese Mandarin), 宝可梦 (Bǎokèmèng) (Chinese Mandarin), 神奇寶貝 (Chinese Mandarin), 神奇宝贝 (Shénqí Bǎobèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 寵物小精靈 (Chinese Mandarin), 宠物小精灵 (Chǒngwù Xiǎo Jīnglíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 口袋妖怪 (Kǒudài Yāoguài) (Chinese Mandarin), Pokémon [neuter] (German), पोकेमोन (pokemon) (Hindi), פּאָקעמאָן (Pokemon) (Yiddish), פּאָקעחַיָה (Pokekhaye) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Pokémon-en-name-B0DyP8lx Categories (other): Terms with Japanese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 64 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Pokemon [informal]

Noun

IPA: /ˈpəʊ.kə.mɒn/ [UK], /ˈpoʊ.keɪˌmɑn/ [US], /ˈpoʊ.kə.mɑn/ [US], /ˈpoʊ.kiˌmɑn/ [US], /ˈpoʊ.ki.mɔn/ [Hong-Kong], [ˈpo(ː)kɪmɒ(ː)n] [Canada], [-ke-] [Canada], [-kə-] [Canada], /poˈke.mon/ [Philippines] Audio: En-uk-Pokémon.ogg , En-us-Pokémon.oga Forms: Pokémon [plural], Pokémons [nonstandard, plural]
Etymology: From Japanese ポケモン (Pokemon), a contraction of ポケットモンスター (Poketto Monsutā), itself from English pocket monster. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|ポケモン|tr=Pokemon}} Japanese ポケモン (Pokemon), {{contraction|ja|ポケットモンスター|nocap=1|nocat=1|tr=Poketto Monsutā}} contraction of ポケットモンスター (Poketto Monsutā), {{der|en|en|pocket monster}} English pocket monster Head templates: {{en-noun|Pokémon|+|pl2qual=nonstandard}} Pokémon (plural Pokémon or (nonstandard) Pokémons)
  1. A pocket monster; a fictional creature from the universe of the Pokémon franchise. Categories (topical): Pokémon Translations (fictional creature): بوكيمون [masculine] (Arabic), پوكيمون [masculine] (Arabic), по́кемон (pókemon) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Pokémon (Finnish), Pokémon [masculine] (French), პოკემონი (ṗoḳemoni) (Georgian), Pokémon [neuter] (German), ポケモン (Pokemon) (Japanese), ポケットモンスター (Poketto Monsutā) (Japanese), ಪೋಕೆಮೊನ್ (pōkemon) (Kannada), 포켓몬 (Pokenmon) (Korean), ໂປເກມອນ (pō kē mǭn) (Lao), Pokémon [masculine] (Portuguese), покемо́н (pokemón) (Russian), පෝකෙමොන් (pōkemon) (Sinhalese), pokémon (Spanish), pokémon [common-gender] (Swedish), போகெமொன் (pōkemoṉ) (Tamil), పోకెమొన్ (pōkemon) (Telugu), โปเกมอน (Thai), Pokémon (Turkish), покемо́н (pokemón) (Ukrainian), پوکیمون (pokemon) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-Pokémon-en-noun-wxFS~gcH Disambiguation of Pokémon: 23 77 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms borrowed back into English, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Kannada translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Lao translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sinhalese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tamil translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Urdu translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English terms borrowed back into English: 20 80 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 22 42 19 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 47 20 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Kannada translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Lao translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Sinhalese translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Tamil translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 29 71 Derived forms: Basic Pokémon, Fakémon, legendary Pokémon, PG, PLA, PMD, PoGo, Poké-, Pokédex, Pokédollar, Pokéfan, Pokémania, Pokémaniac, Pokémon-esque, Pokémon Goer, Poképhile, PokéTuber, Pokeyman, Pokeymen
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Pokemon [informal]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
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        {
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          "ref": "2001, Sara Stein, “Games They Play”, in Noah’s Children: Restoring the Ecology of Childhood, New York, N.Y.: North Point Press, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 248:",
          "text": "Pokémons are the latest and adamantly conformist craze among middle-childhood boys. The theme of the video games that started the craze is, as usual, the triumph of good over evil. The hero is a child, twelve-year-old Ash. His goal is to capture all 150-plus nonhuman creatures called Pokémons, train them to be good, and use them to capture the remaining wicked Pokémons that so far have escaped. In the games, Ash is not your ally: he is you. Each of the Pokémons has its own sort of power which, after conversion, accrues to Ash’s (your) favor.",
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          "ref": "2005, Marc Prensky, “Computer Games and Learning: Digital Game-Based Learning”, in Joost Raessens, Jeffrey Goldstein, editors, Handbook of Computer Game Studies, Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, →ISBN, part II (Design), page 106, column 2:",
          "text": "Game strategy (and tactics) are full of such learning about real life, like the rules, the strategy in games needs to be lifelike for the games to make sense, even if the characters, such as Pokémons, are purely imaginary.",
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      "word": "Pokemon"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "fictional creature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بوكيمون"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "fictional creature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "پوكيمون"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pókemon",
      "sense": "fictional creature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "по́кемон"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fictional creature",
      "word": "Pokémon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fictional creature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pokémon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗoḳemoni",
      "sense": "fictional creature",
      "word": "პოკემონი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fictional creature",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Pokémon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Pokemon",
      "sense": "fictional creature",
      "word": "ポケモン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Poketto Monsutā",
      "sense": "fictional creature",
      "word": "ポケットモンスター"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "pōkemon",
      "sense": "fictional creature",
      "word": "ಪೋಕೆಮೊನ್"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Pokenmon",
      "sense": "fictional creature",
      "word": "포켓몬"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "pō kē mǭn",
      "sense": "fictional creature",
      "word": "ໂປເກມອນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fictional creature",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pokémon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pokemón",
      "sense": "fictional creature",
      "word": "покемо́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "pōkemon",
      "sense": "fictional creature",
      "word": "පෝකෙමොන්"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fictional creature",
      "word": "pokémon"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fictional creature",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pokémon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "pōkemoṉ",
      "sense": "fictional creature",
      "word": "போகெமொன்"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "pōkemon",
      "sense": "fictional creature",
      "word": "పోకెమొన్"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "fictional creature",
      "word": "โปเกมอน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fictional creature",
      "word": "Pokémon"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pokemón",
      "sense": "fictional creature",
      "word": "покемо́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "pokemon",
      "sense": "fictional creature",
      "word": "پوکیمون"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Pokémon"
  ],
  "word": "Pokémon"
}

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