animacy
English
noun
Definitions
- (linguistics) In some languages, the characteristic of a noun, dependent on its living or sentient nature, which affects grammatical features (it can modify verbs used with the noun, affect the noun's declension, etc.).
Etymology
Suffix from English animate.
Origin
English
animate
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- animatable English
- animate English
- animately English
- animateness English
- animater English
- animatest English
- animateth English
- animation English
- animatism English
- animatist English
- animative English
- animatography English
- animator English
- disanimate English
- inanimate English
- interanimate English
- non-animate English
- overanimate English
- reanimate English
- semianimate English
- transanimate English
- animate Old English
- animeiddio Welsh