animate

See also: anímate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos
Proto-Italic *anamos
Latin animus
Latin anima
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin animō
▲
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Latin animātusbor.
Middle English animat(e)
English animate

    Inherited from Middle English animat(e), from Latin animātus, perfect passive participle of animō (“to fill with breath, quicken, encourage, animate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from anima (“soul, spirit, breath”); see anima. The verb derives from the adjective, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective:

    • (UK) enPR: ăn'ĭmət, IPA(key): /ˈæn.ɪ.mət/
    • (US) enPR: ăn'əmət, IPA(key): /ˈæn.ə.mət/
      • Audio (US):(file)

    Verb:

    • (UK) enPR: ăn'ĭmāt IPA(key): /ˈæn.ɪ.meɪt/
    • (US) enPR: ăn'əmāt IPA(key): /ˈæn.ə.meɪt/
      • Audio (US):(file)
    • Hyphenation: an‧i‧mate

    Adjective

    animate (comparative more animate, superlative most animate)

    1. That lives.
      Synonyms: alive, living, vital; see also Thesaurus:alive
      Antonyms: inanimate, lifeless; see also Thesaurus:dead
    2. (of people, animals, ghosts, deities) That has (or is believed to have) a spirit (anima) and/or some amount of consciousness and sentience, either being alive or supernaturally seeming alive.
    3. Possessing the quality or ability of motion.
      Synonyms: dynamic, kinetic, motile; see also Thesaurus:in motion, Thesaurus:movable
      Antonyms: inanimate, sessile, static; see also Thesaurus:stationary, Thesaurus:immobile
    4. Dynamic, energetic.
      Synonyms: lively, perky, vivacious, active, dynamic, energetic; see also Thesaurus:active
      Antonyms: quiescent, sedentary, static; see also Thesaurus:inactive
      She is an engaging and animate speaker.
    6. (grammar, of a noun or pronoun) having a referent that is considered alive (this generally includes humans, animals and deities, sometimes also plants, spirits, etc.)
      Nouns can be singular or plural, and one of two genders, animate or inanimate.
    7. (grammar) Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.
      Antonym: inanimate

    Derived terms

    Translations

    Verb

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

    2. (transitive) To impart motion or the appearance of motion to.
      Synonyms: get going, impel; see also Thesaurus:set in motion
      Antonyms: halt, stop, stay; see also Thesaurus:stop
      leaves animated by a stiff breeze
      If we animate the model, we can see the complexity of the action.
    4. (transitive) To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit.
      Synonyms: enliven, vitalise; see also Thesaurus:enliven, Thesaurus:thrill
      • 1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
        The more to animate the people, he stood on high […] and cried unto them with a loud voice.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → Welsh: animeiddio

    Translations

    Anagrams

    Esperanto

    Adverb

    animate

    1. present adverbial passive participle of animi

    Italian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /a.niˈma.te/
    • Rhymes: -ate
    • Hyphenation: a‧ni‧mà‧te

    Verb

    animate

    1. inflection of animare:
      1. second-person plural present indicative
      2. second-person plural imperative

    Adjective

    animate

    1. feminine plural of animato

    Participle

    animate

    1. feminine plural of animato

    Anagrams

    Latin

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    animāte

    1. second-person plural present active imperative of animō

    Middle English

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Latin animātus, 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

      References

      Spanish

      Verb

      animate

      1. second-person singular voseo imperative of animar combined with te
      This page is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.