Pokémon

American  

[poh-kee-mahn, ‐key‐] / ˈpoʊ kiˌmɑn, ‐keɪ‐ /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of Pokémon

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

Example Sentences

ChatGPT couldn’t correctly identify a Pokémon.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Mario, Zelda, Pokemon and Mario Kart have all had their most successful games released during the Switch 1 era," he said.

From BBC

A series of Pokemon card thefts are hitting Southern California collectors, with some losing hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of cards at a time.

From Los Angeles Times

Nintendo said Tuesday it planned to release "Mario Tennis Fever" this month and "Pokemon Pokopia" in March.

From Barron's

The Pokémon Company apologised for advertising the event, organised by a certified third party, through its official website, and said it "should not have been held in the first place".

From BBC