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

These three Hall of Fame inductees beat out other finalists like Apples to Apples, balloons and Pokémon trading cards.

From Salon

Palmer Luckey, who founded Anduril Industries and supports Trump, urged his followers on X to “Pokemon Go to the polls.”

From Los Angeles Times

A stolen rare Pokémon card worth up to £30,000 has been returned to its owner.

From BBC

The Pokémon franchise was created in Japan in 1996.

From BBC

He loved dinosaurs and Pokémon, but most of all he loved penguins and dreamed of adopting one.

From BBC