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''Pokémon''
''Pokémon''
{| class="roundtable" style="background:#{{Pokémon color}}; border:3px solid #{{Pokémon color dark}}"
{| class="roundtable" style="background:#{{Pokémon color}}; border:3px solid #{{Pokémon color dark}}"
|- style="background-color:#{{Pokémon color light}}"
! style="background-color:#{{Pokémon color light}}" | Language
! Language !! Name !! Origin
! style="background-color:#{{Pokémon color light}}" | Name
! style="background-color:#{{Pokémon color light}}" | Origin
|-
|-
| Japanese
| Japanese
| ポケモン ''Pokémon''
| ポケモン ''Pokémon''
| From ポケットモンスター ''Pocket Monsters''.
| Abbreviation of ポケットモンスター ''Pocket Monsters''
|-
|-
| English<ref group="lower-alpha">and all other languages using the Latin alphabet unless stated otherwise</ref>
| English
| Pokémon
| Pokémon
| Same as Japanese name. The letter {{wp|é}} is used to represent the {{wp|Close-mid front unrounded vowel|/e/}} or {{wp|Open-mid front unrounded vowel|/ɛ/}} sound.
| Same as Japanese name; the accented {{wp|é}} represents the Japanese {{wp|Mid front unrounded vowel|/e/}} sound and marks it as not {{wp|Silent e|silent}}
|-
|-
| Chinese (Mandarin - Taiwan and mainland China)
| rowspan="3" | Chinese (Mandarin)
| 寶可夢 / 宝可梦 ''Pokémon''<ref group="lower-alpha">Taiwan (2016 - present) and mainland China (2011 - present)</ref><hr>神奇寶貝 / 神奇宝贝 ''Shénqí Bǎobèi''<ref group="lower-alpha">Taiwan (1998 - present) and Mainland China (2001 - 2011)</ref><hr>小精灵 ''Xiǎojīnglíng''<ref group="lower-alpha">Mainland China (1998 - 2002)</ref>
| 寶可夢 / 宝可梦 ''Bǎokěmèng''<ref group="lower-alpha" name="寶可夢">Games (2016–present); Taiwan (2016–present), Hong Kong (2017–present), and mainland China (2011–present)</ref>
| Transliteration of Japanese name.<hr>From 神奇的口袋中的寶貝 / 神奇的口袋中的宝贝 ''Shénqí de kǒudài zhōng de bǎobèi''. 神奇宝贝 / 神奇寶貝.<hr>Same as former Cantonese name.
| Transliteration of Japanese name
|-
|-
| Chinese (Cantonese - Hong Kong)
| 神奇寶貝 / 神奇宝贝 ''Shénqí Bǎobèi''<ref group="lower-alpha" name="神奇寶貝">Taiwan (1998–present) and mainland China (2001–2011)</ref>
| 寶可夢 ''Pokémon''<ref group="lower-alpha">2017 - present</ref><hr>小精靈 ''Síujīnglìhng''<ref group="lower-alpha">1998 - present</ref><hr>寵物小精靈 ''Chúngmaht Síujīnglìhng''<ref group="lower-alpha">1998 - present</ref><hr>精靈 ''Jīnglìhng''<ref group="lower-alpha">1998 - 1999</ref>
| From 神奇 ''shénqí'' (magical) and 寶貝 / 宝贝 ''bǎobèi'' (treasure, baby)
| Same as Mandarin name.<hr>From 寵物小精靈 ''Chúngmaht Síujīnglìhng''. 小精靈 means ''elf''.<hr>Same as the series' name.<hr>From 寵物小精靈 ''Chúngmaht Síujīnglìhng''. 精靈 means ''spirit''/''fairy''/''elf''/''sprite''/''genie''.
|-
| 小精灵 ''Xiǎojīnglíng''<ref group="lower-alpha" name="寵物小精靈">Hong Kong (1998–present) and Mainland China (1998–2002)</ref>
| Same as former Cantonese name
|-
| rowspan="3" | Chinese (Cantonese)
| 寶可夢 ''Bóuhómuhng / Pokémon''<ref group="lower-alpha" name="寶可夢"/>
| Same as Mandarin name
|-
| 小精靈 ''Síujīnglìhng''<ref group="lower-alpha" name="寵物小精靈"/>
| From 小 ''síu'' (small) and 精靈 ''jīnglìhng'' (spirit, elf)
|-
| 寵物小精靈 ''Chúngmaht Síujīnglìhng''<ref group="lower-alpha" name="寵物小精靈"/>
| From 寵物 ''chúngmaht'' (pet), 小 ''síu'' (small), and 精靈 ''jīnglìhng'' (spirit, elf)
|-
|-
| Korean
| Korean
| 포켓몬 ''Pokémon''
| 포켓몬 ''Pokémon''
| From 포켓몬스터 ''Pocket Monsters''
| Abbreviation of 포켓몬스터 ''Pocket Monsters''
|-
| Latin script languages
| Pokémon
| Same as English name
|-
| Cyrillic script languages
| Покемон ''Pokemon''
| Transliteration of English name
|-
|-
| Arabic
| Arabic
| بوكيمون ''Bukimun''
| بوكيمون ''Bukimun''
| Transliteration of English name
|-
| Cyrillic script
| Покемон ''Pokemon''
| Transliteration of English name
| Transliteration of English name
|-
|-
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| Transliteration of English name
| Transliteration of English name
|-
|-
| Hebrew
| rowspan="2" | Hebrew
| פוקימון ''Pokimon''<hr>פוקמון ''Pokemon''
| פוקמון ''Pokemon''<ref group=lower-alpha name=nf>2020–present</ref>
| Transliteration of English name
| Transliteration of English name
|-
|-
| Hindi
| פוקימון ''Pokimon''
| पोकेमॉन ''Pokémon''<ref group=lower-alpha>2020 - present</ref><hr>पोकेमोन ''Pokémon''<ref group=lower-alpha>Till 2019</ref>
| Transliteration of English name
| Transliteration of English name
|-
| rowspan="2" | Hindi
| पोकेमॉन ''Pokémon''<ref group=lower-alpha name=nf/>
| rowspan="2" | Transliteration of English name
|-
| पोकेमोन ''Pokémon''<ref group=lower-alpha>Until 2019</ref>
|-
|-
| Tamil
| Tamil
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| Transliteration of English name
| Transliteration of English name
|-
|-
| Vietnamese
| rowspan="2" | Vietnamese
| Pokémon<hr>Bửu Bối Thần Kỳ<ref group="lower-alpha">Phương Nam Film</ref>
| Pokémon
| Same as English name<hr>From former Chinese name
| Same as English name
|- class=expandable
|-
|colspan=3 style="font-size:smaller; background-color:#{{Pokémon color}}"|<references group=lower-alpha />
| Bửu Bối Thần Kỳ<ref group="lower-alpha">Phương Nam Film</ref>
| From ''thần kỳ'' (神奇) and ''bửu bối'' (寶貝), Sino-Vietnamese readings of 神奇寶貝 ''Shénqí Bǎobèi''
|}
|}


''Pocket Monsters''
''Pocket Monsters''
{| class="roundtable" style="background:#{{Pokémon color}}; border:3px solid #{{Pokémon color dark}}"
{| class="roundtable" style="background:#{{Pokémon color}}; border:3px solid #{{Pokémon color dark}}"
|- style="background-color:#{{Pokémon color light}}"
! style="background-color:#{{Pokémon color light}}" | Language
! Language !! Name !! Origin
! style="background-color:#{{Pokémon color light}}" | Name
! style="background-color:#{{Pokémon color light}}" | Origin
|-
|-
| Japanese
| Japanese
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| From ポケット ''poketto'' (pocket) and モンスター ''monsutā'' (monsters).
| From ポケット ''poketto'' (pocket) and モンスター ''monsutā'' (monsters).
|-
|-
| Chinese (Mandarin - Taiwan and mainland China)
| rowspan="3" | Chinese (Mandarin)
| 精靈寶可夢 / 精灵宝可梦 ''Jīnglíng Pokémon''<ref group="lower-alpha">Taiwan (2016 - 2019) and Mainland China (2011 - 2019)</ref><hr>神奇的口袋中的寶貝 / 神奇的口袋中的宝贝 ''Shénqí de kǒudài zhōng de bǎobèi''<ref group="lower-alpha">Taiwan (1998 - present) and mainland China (2001 - 2011)</ref><hr>宠物小精灵 ''Chǒngwù Xiǎojīnglíng''<ref group="lower-alpha">Mainland China (1998 - 2002)</ref>
| 精靈寶可夢 / 精灵宝可梦 ''Jīnglíng Bǎokěmèng''<ref group="lower-alpha" name="精靈寶可夢">Games (2016–2019); Taiwan (2016–present), Hong Kong (2017–present), and mainland China (2011–present)</ref>
| From 精靈 / 精灵 ''jīnglíng'' (creature) and 寶可夢 / 宝可梦 ''Pokémon'' (transliteration of Japanese name).<hr>Means ''the magical creatures in the pocket''.<hr>Same as former Cantonese name.
| From 精靈 / 精灵 ''jīnglíng'' (spirit, elf) and 寶可夢 / 宝可梦 ''Bǎokěmèng'' (transliteration of Japanese name)
|-
|-
| Chinese (Cantonese - Hong Kong)
| 神奇的口袋中的寶貝 / 神奇的口袋中的宝贝 ''Shénqí de kǒudài zhōng de bǎobèi''<ref group="lower-alpha" name="神奇寶貝"/>
| 精靈寶可夢 ''Jīnglìhng Pokémon''<ref group="lower-alpha">2017 - 2019</ref><hr>寵物小精靈 ''Chúngmaht Síujīnglìhng''<ref group="lower-alpha">1998 - present</ref>
| Means ''the magical creatures in the pocket''
| Same as Mandarin name.<hr>Means ''pet creature''.
|-
| 宠物小精灵 ''Chǒngwù Xiǎojīnglíng''<ref group="lower-alpha" name="寵物小精靈"/>
| Same as former Cantonese name
|-
| rowspan="2" | Chinese (Cantonese)
| 精靈寶可夢 ''Jīnglìhng Bóuhómuhng / Jīnglìhng Pokémon''<ref group="lower-alpha" name="精靈寶可夢"/>
| Same as Mandarin name
|-
| 寵物小精靈 ''Chúngmaht Síujīnglìhng''<ref group="lower-alpha" name="寵物小精靈"/>
| From 寵物 ''chúngmaht'' (pet), 小 ''síu'' (small), and 精靈 ''jīnglìhng'' (spirit, elf)
|-
|-
| Korean
| Korean
| 포켓몬스터 ''Pocket Monsters''
| 포켓몬스터 ''Pocket Monsters''
| From 포켓 ''poket'' (pocket) and 몬스터 ''monseuteo'' (monsters).
| From 포켓 ''poket'' (pocket) and 몬스터 ''monseuteo'' (monsters)
|-
| Thai
| พ็อกเก็ตมอนสเตอร์ ''Pocket Monsters''
| From พ็อกเก็ต ''pocket'' and มอนสเตอร์ ''monsters''.
|- class=expandable
|colspan=3 style="font-size:smaller; background-color:#{{Pokémon color}}"|<references group=lower-alpha />
|}
|}
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==See also==
==See also==
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