Pokémon

[poh-kee-mahn, ‐key‐]

Trademark.

1. a media franchise including video games, animated television series, movies, card games, etc. that depict a fictional class of pet monsters and their trainers.

2. a pet monster in this fictional world.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Pokémon¹

1995–2000; shortening of Japanese Poketto Monsutā , itself a loan translation of English pocket monsters

Example Sentences

Quan carries off the multiple full-scale, acrobatic fight scenes with spry, loose-limbed ease, even though onscreen, Marvin progressively collects wounds as casually as if they’re Pokemon.

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“Pretty much all of the big model providers use our cloud in one form or another, so I can’t be more diversified than the entire market is. You can’t get more than 100% of the Pokémon,” Magouyrk said.

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Edwin was a Boy Scout and a Pokémon devotee.

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Blind boxes are like Pokémon cards, or the toys in cereal boxes.

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Earlier this week, the Department of Homeland Security posted a video montage, using the Pokémon theme song and the show’s animations.

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