animate

animate

See also: anímate

English

Etymology

From Old English animate, from Latin animatus, past participle of animare (“to fill with breath, quicken, encourage, animate”), from anima (“breath”); see anima.

Pronunciation

• Adjective:
  • enPR: ăn'ĭmət, ăn'əmət, IPA^(key): /ˈæ.nɪ.mət/, /ˈæ.nə.mət/

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• Verb:
  • enPR: ăn'ĭmāt, ăn'əmāt IPA^(key): /ˈæ.nɪ.meɪt/, /ˈæ.nə.meɪt/

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Adjective

animate (comparative more animate, superlative most animate)

1. That which lives.
2. Possessing the quality or ability of motion.
3. Dynamic, energetic.

   She is an engaging and animate speaker.

4. (grammar, of a noun or pronoun) Having a referent that includes a human, animal, plant or other entity which is considered alive.

   Nouns can be singular or plural, and one of two genders, animate or inanimate.

5. (grammar) Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.

Synonyms

synonyms

• (that lives): alive, live, living
• (possessing the quality or ability of motion):
• (dynamic): active, dynamic, energetic

Antonyms

antonyms

• (living): inanimate
• (possessing the quality or ability of motion): fixed, immobile, static, stationary, still
• (dynamic): static
• (grammar, inflected for person or animal): inanimate

Related terms

• inanimate
• animacy

Translations

that which lives

Arabic: حَيّ‎ (ar) m (ḥayy) Bulgarian: жив (bg) (živ), одушевен (bg) (oduševen) Catalan: animat (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 活的, 有生命的 Finnish: elävä (fi), elollinen (fi) Galician: animado (gl) m German: lebendig (de), beseelt (de) Greek: έμψυχος (el) m (émpsychos), ζωντανός (el) m (zontanós) Ancient: ἔμψυχος (émpsukhos)

Latin: animalis (la), animans, vivus (la) Norwegian: Bokmål: levende (no) Nynorsk: levande Portuguese: animado (pt) Russian: живо́й (ru) (živój) Spanish: animado (es) Swedish: levande (sv) Turkish: canlı (tr), diri (tr)

possessing the quality or ability of motion

Catalan: animat (ca) m Finnish: liikkuva (fi) German: bewegt (de) Latin: movens (la), ambulans

Portuguese: animado (pt) Spanish: animado (es) Turkish: etkin (tr)

dynamic, energetic

Bulgarian: оживен (bg) (oživen), енергичен (bg) (energičen) Catalan: animat (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 有活力的 Finnish: eloisa (fi), vireä

German: lebhaft (de) Greek: ζωντανός (el) m (zontanós) Portuguese: animado (pt) Russian: оживлённый (ru) (oživljónnyj) esp. of dicussion, talking etc., энерги́чный (ru) (energíčnyj), живо́й (ru) (živój) Turkish: canlı (tr), dinamik (tr), faal (tr), aktif (tr)

in grammar

Albanian: frymor (sq) Armenian: շնչավոր (hy) (šnčʿavor) Belarusian: адушаўлёны (adušaŭljóny) Bulgarian: одушеве́н (bg) (oduševén) Czech: životný m Finnish: elollinen (fi) French: animé (fr) German: belebt (de)

Polish: żywotny (pl) Portuguese: animado (pt) Russian: одушевлённый (ru) (oduševljónnyj) Slovene: živ (sl) Swedish: besjälad (sv) Turkish: canlı (tr) Ukrainian: одуше́влений (odušévlenyj)

Verb

animate (third-person singular simple present animates, present participle animating, simple past and past participle animated)

1. (transitive) To impart motion or the appearance of motion to.

   If we animate the model, we can see the complexity of the action.

2. (transitive) To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit.
   • Knolles

     The more to animate the people, he stood on high […] and cried unto them with a loud voice.

Synonyms

• (to give spirit or vigour to): enliven, vitalise; see also Thesaurus:enliven

Related terms

• animation

Translations

to impart motion or its appearance

Bulgarian: съживявам (bg) (sǎživjavam), анимирам (bg) (animiram) Catalan: animar (ca) Esperanto: animi Finnish: animoida French: animer (fr) German: beleben (de), animieren (de) Greek: ζωντανεύω (el) (zontanévo) Ido: animar (io) Irish: beoigh, beocht a chur i Japanese: アニメ化す (animekasu), アニメーション化す (animēshon kasu) Malagasy: manetsika (mg) Maori: hākori

Portuguese: animar (pt) Romanian: anima (ro), însufleți (ro) Scottish Gaelic: beothaich Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: аними́рати Roman: animírati (sh) Spanish: animar (es) Swedish: animera (sv) Turkish: canlandırmak (tr) Welsh: animeiddio (cy)

Anagrams

• amentia, aminate, metania

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Esperanto

Adverb

animate

1. present adverbial passive participle of animi

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Italian

Verb

animate

1. second-person plural present indicative of animare
2. second-person plural imperative of animare
3. feminine plural of animato

Anagrams

• amenità, anatemi, emanati

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Latin

Verb

animāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of animō

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• animat

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin animatus, past participle of animō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aniˈmaːt/

Adjective

animate

1. Animate, alive; showing the signs or symptoms of life.
2. Related to the soul or spirit of a living being (i.e. sentience or sapience).

Descendants

• English: animate
• Scots: ainimate

References

• “animāt (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-17.