animate

Etymology
From, from , past participle of , from ; see.

Pronunciation
Adjective: Verb:

Adjective

 * 1) That lives.
 * 2) Possessing the quality or ability of motion.
 * 3) Dynamic, energetic.
 * 4)  having a referent that is considered alive (this generally includes humans and animals, often also gods, plants, etc.)
 * 5)  Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.
 * 1)  Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.
 * 1)  Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:alive
 * ,, , , , ; see also Thesaurus:active
 * ,, , , , ; see also Thesaurus:active

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Belarusian: жывы́
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 有生命的
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: ἔμψυχος
 * Latin:, animans,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: levande
 * Old English: cwic
 * Old Norse: andligr
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: живи́й


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Latin:, ambulans
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 有活力的
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἔμψυχος
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: esp. of dicussion, talking etc., ,
 * Turkish:, , ,


 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: ("intelligent", used for intelligent beings)
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: адушаўлёны, жывы́
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 有生的
 * Czech:
 * Danish: besjælet
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Mongolian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: живи́й,

Verb

 * 1)  To impart motion or the appearance of motion to.
 * 2)  To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit.
 * 1)  To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:enliven

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: animere,
 * Esperanto: animi
 * Finnish: animoida
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: beoigh, beocht a chur i
 * Japanese: アニメ化す, アニメーション化す
 * Malagasy:
 * Maori: hākori
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: animere
 * Polish: animować
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: beothaich
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: аними́рати
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:, animasyon yapmak
 * Welsh:

Etymology
Borrowed from, past participle of.

Adjective

 * 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).