"Pokémania" meaning in English

See Pokémania in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Pokémania.wav [US]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *puhô Frankish *pokōbor. Anglo-Norman poche Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Anglo-Norman -ete Anglo-Norman poketbor. Middle English pocket English pocketbor. Japanese ポケット Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti Proto-Italic *moneō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Proto-Italic *monestrom Latin mōnstrumbor. Old French monstrebor. Middle English monstre English monsterbor. Japanese モンスター Japanese ポケットモンスターclip. Japanese ポケモン (Pokemon)bor. English Pokémonclip. English Poké- English -mania English Pokémania From Poké- + -mania. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|Poké-|-mania|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *puhô Frankish *pokōbor. Anglo-Norman poche Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Anglo-Norman -ete Anglo-Norman poketbor. Middle English pocket English pocketbor. Japanese ポケット Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti Proto-Italic *moneō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Proto-Italic *monestrom Latin mōnstrumbor. Old French monstrebor. Middle English monstre English monsterbor. Japanese モンスター Japanese ポケットモンスターclip. Japanese ポケモン (Pokemon)bor. English Pokémonclip. 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  1. (informal) Passion for the Pokémon media franchise. Tags: informal, uncountable
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