animate
English
/ˈæ.nɪ.mət/, /ˈæ.nɪ.meɪt/
adj
Definitions
- That which lives.
- Possessing the quality or ability of motion.
- Dynamic, energetic.
- (grammar) Having a referent that includes a human, animal, plant or other entity which is considered alive.
- (grammar) Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English animate derived from Latin animatus root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (breathe, blow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂enh₁-
Gloss
breathe, blow
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- animacy English
- animatable 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
- disanimation English
- inanimacy English
- inanimate English
- inanimately English
- inanimateness English
- inanimation English
- interanimate English
- non-animate English
- nonanimation English
- overanimate English
- reanimate English
- reanimation English
- reanimator English
- semianimate English
- transanimate English
- transanimation English
- anima Latin
- animal Latin
- animatus Latin
- longanimem Latin
- ἆσθμα Ancient Greek
- *h₂enh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂enh₁mos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂énh₁ti Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃emh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- animasjon Norwegian Bokmål
- *anadô Proto-Germanic
- *anadōną Proto-Germanic
- *anþijaną Proto-Germanic
- アニメ Japanese
- アニメーション Japanese
- アニメーター Japanese
- animasjon Norwegian Nynorsk
- animate Old English
- अन Sanskrit
- अन् Sanskrit
- अल्पप्राण Sanskrit
- प्राण Sanskrit
- महाप्राण Sanskrit
- animate Middle English
- جان Persian
- animeiddiad Welsh
- animeiddio Welsh
- animeiddiwr Welsh
- ainim Old Irish
- anál Old Irish
- *ana-ti̯o- Proto-Celtic
- *anaman Proto-Celtic
- *anatlā Proto-Celtic
- *wyaHnás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- 애니메이션 Korean
- *aidn(i)- Proto-Albanian
- *anj Proto-Albanian
- *antā Proto-Albanian
- *wi- Proto-Iranian
- anāsk- Tocharian B
- añiye Tocharian B
- animacy
- animater
- animator
- animatist
- inanimate
- animation
- animative
- reanimate
- animateth
- animately
- animatism
- animatest
- inanimacy
- disanimate
- animatable
- reanimator
- non-animate
- semianimate
- overanimate
- animateness
- inanimation
- inanimately
- reanimation
- nonanimation
- interanimate
- disanimation
- transanimate
- inanimateness
- animatography
- transanimation