Dictionary

animation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/
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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 *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin animatiōlbor. English animation Learned borrowing from Latin animatiō, from animō, equivalent to animate + -ion.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.
   • […] by the animation of the same soul quickening that whole frame. 1647, Joseph Hall, Christ Mysticall; or the blessed union of Christ and his Members, as edited and reprinted in Josiah Pratt (editor), The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D., Volume 8, C. Wittingham (1808), page 217
2. (countable, in the sense of a cartoon, qualifier:animation, uncountable) A sequence of still drawings or inanimate objects displayed in rapid succession to create the illusion of movement in motion pictures or computer graphics; the object (film, computer game, etc.) produced
3. (countable, uncountable) The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness
   • He recited the story with great animation.
4. (countable, uncountable) The condition of being animate (alive or supernaturally seeming alive).
   • Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I possess of animation. 1828, Walter Savage Landor, “Lord Brooke and Sir Philip Sidney”, in Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
5. (countable, uncountable) conversion from the inanimate to animate grammatical category
   • "The constraints are not so hard and fast that exceptional sentences do not occur. In particular animation and disanimation can temporarily suspend the system." 1992, Samuel E. Martin, A Reference Grammar of Korean, page 291:
6. (countable, uncountable) Activities offered by a holiday resort encompassing activities that include movement, joy, leisure and spectacle, such as games, sports, shows, events, etc.

Forms

Deriveds

superanimal · animalicide · vegetoanimal · animalivore · transanimation · animational · koranimal · antianimal · animalish · stop-go animation · multianimal · animalkind · time series animation · animalhood · microanimal · Japanimation · interanimal · inanimation · animalivorous · companimal · vegeto-mineral · animation meme · animatophile · planimal · wereanimal · physically based animation · animalian · avar · animalize · animally · suspended animation · disanimation · animutation · humanimal · animalesque · animaloid · intraanimal · Supermarionation · animatronics · pixilation · rotomation · animation studio · deanimation · claymation · animalcule · animalism · reanimation · nonanimal · semianimal · Dynamation · nonanimation · animalness

Descendants

アニメーション · 애니메이션 · แอนิเมชัน · एनिमेशन · اینی میشَن

Synonyms

liveliness (the state of being lively) · vitalization (the act of breathing life into something) · spirit (the state of being lively) · promptitude (the state of being lively) · animacy · animateness · life (the condition of being alive) · sprightliness (the state of being lively) · earnestness (the state of being lively) · ardor (the state of being lively) · enlivenment (the act of breathing life into something) · vivacity (the state of being lively) · vivification (the act of breathing life into something) · enthusiasm (the state of being lively) · airiness (the state of being lively) · energy (the state of being lively) · buoyancy (the state of being lively)

Translations (117)

ja アニメ (causing images to appear to move) · sv animering (the act of animating) · sq animacion (causing images to appear to move) · ka მულტიპლიკაცია (causing images to appear to move) · uk мультипліка́ція (causing images to appear to move) · ar تَحْرِيك صُوَر (causing images to appear to move) · gd beothachadh (the act of animating) · mi hākoritanga (causing images to appear to move) · ca animació (causing images to appear to move) · fi elävöittäminen (the act of animating) · id animasi (causing images to appear to move) · sh анима́ција (causing images to appear to move) · tg пӯёнамоӣ (causing images to appear to move) · mi hākoritanga (the act of animating) · ru анима́ция (causing images to appear to move) · ka გაცოცხლება (the act of animating) · tr animasyon (causing images to appear to move) · ko 애니메이션 (causing images to appear to move) · pl animacja (causing images to appear to move) · fr animation (causing images to appear to move) · be аніма́цыя (causing images to appear to move) · cs oživení (the act of animating) · ky мультипликация (causing images to appear to move) · es animación (causing images to appear to move) · uz multiplikatsiya (causing images to appear to move) · ja アニメーション (causing images to appear to move) · my အန်နီမေးရှင်း (causing images to appear to move) · es vivificación (the act of animating) · bg анима́ция (causing images to appear to move) · ms animasi (causing images to appear to move) · hu élénkség (causing images to appear to move) · ms dalangan (causing images to appear to move) · si සජීවිකරණය (causing images to appear to move) · de Vitalisierung (the act of animating) · tg мултипликатсия (causing images to appear to move) · th แอนิเมชัน (causing images to appear to move) · tg аниматсия (causing images to appear to move) · tk animasiýa (causing images to appear to move) · da animation (the act of animating) · it animazione (the act of animating) · ro animație (causing images to appear to move) · ro însuflețire (the act of animating) · fi animointi (causing images to appear to move) · ru одушевле́ние (the act of animating) · fy animasjë (causing images to appear to move) · ro animare (the act of animating) · hi एनिमेशन (causing images to appear to move) · id animasi (the act of animating) · fr animation (the act of animating) · mk анимација (causing images to appear to move) · sl animacija (causing images to appear to move) · uk аніма́ція (causing images to appear to move) · cy animeiddio (causing images to appear to move) · tk multiplikasiýa (causing images to appear to move) · ur اینی میشَن (causing images to appear to move) · az animasiya (causing images to appear to move) · ga beochan (causing images to appear to move) · ar تَحْرِيك (causing images to appear to move) · ka ანიმაცია (causing images to appear to move) · ru оживле́ние (the act of animating) · uz animatsiya (causing images to appear to move) · kk анимация (causing images to appear to move) · nb animasjon (causing images to appear to move) · da animation (causing images to appear to move) · hy անիմացիա (causing images to appear to move) · cmn 動畫 /动画 (causing images to appear to move) · kmr anîmasyon (causing images to appear to move) · hy մուլտիպլիկացիա (causing images to appear to move) · fa-ira پویانَمایی (causing images to appear to move) · bg съживя́ване (the act of animating) · gl animación (causing images to appear to move) · hu elevenség (causing images to appear to move) · fa-ira اَنیمِیْشِن (causing images to appear to move) · kk мультипликация (causing images to appear to move) · de Belebung (the act of animating) · sv animation (causing images to appear to move) · lv animācija (causing images to appear to move) · eo animacio (causing images to appear to move) · es animación (the act of animating) · la animātiō (the act of animating) · it ravvivamento (the act of animating) · gd beothachadh (causing images to appear to move) · cs animace (causing images to appear to move) · ky анимация (causing images to appear to move) · ko 아니메 (causing images to appear to move) · et multiplikatsioon (causing images to appear to move) · sk oživenie (the act of animating) · sw uhaishaji (causing images to appear to move) · ar إِحْيَاء (causing images to appear to move) · fr invigoration (the act of animating) · de Animation (causing images to appear to move) · pt animação (the act of animating) · pt animação (causing images to appear to move) · io animo (the act of animating) · cy animeddiad (causing images to appear to move) · lv multiplikācija (causing images to appear to move) · bn অ্যানিমেশন (causing images to appear to move) · vi hoạt hình (causing images to appear to move) · cmn 動漫 /动漫 (causing images to appear to move) · it vivificazione (the act of animating) · nl animatie (causing images to appear to move) · fi animaatio (causing images to appear to move) · lt multiplikacija (causing images to appear to move) · he הַנְפָּשָׁה (causing images to appear to move) · el απεικόνιση (causing images to appear to move) · sk animácia (causing images to appear to move) · it animazione (causing images to appear to move) · az multiplikasiya (causing images to appear to move) · nn animasjon (causing images to appear to move) · lt animacija (causing images to appear to move) · vi hoạt họa (causing images to appear to move) · is hreyfimynd (causing images to appear to move) · be мультыпліка́цыя (causing images to appear to move) · ru мультиплика́ция (causing images to appear to move) · sh animácija (causing images to appear to move) · cs animování (the act of animating) · et animatsioon (causing images to appear to move)