English Explanatory Dictionary

animation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.
  2. 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. The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness
  4. The condition of being animate or alive.
  5. conversion from the inanimate to animate grammatical category
  6. Activities offered by a holiday resort encompassing activities that include movement, joy, leisure and spectacle, such as games, sports, shows, events, etc.

Pronunciation

/ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/ en-us-animation.ogg /ə.nɪˈme.ʃən/

Word forms

animation animations

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-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.

Synonyms

vitalization vivification enlivenment airiness ardor buoyancy earnestness energy enthusiasm liveliness promptitude spirit sprightliness vivacity life

Derived words

animalcule animalesque animalhood animalian animalicide animalish animalism animalivore animalivorous animalize animalkind animally animalness animaloid animation meme animation studio antianimal companimal deanimation disanimation humanimal interanimal intraanimal koranimal microanimal multianimal nonanimal physically based animation planimal reanimation semianimal stop-go animation superanimal suspended animation time series animation vegetoanimal vegeto-mineral wereanimal

Translations

Albanian: animacion Arabic: إِحْيَاء Arabic: تَحْرِيك Arabic: تَحْرِيك صُوَر Armenian: անիմացիա Armenian: մուլտիպլիկացիա Azerbaijani: animasiya Azerbaijani: multiplikasiya Belarusian: аніма́цыя Belarusian: мультыпліка́цыя Bengali: অ্যানিমেশন Bulgarian: анима́ция Burmese: အန်နီမေးရှင်း Catalan: animació Chinese Mandarin: 動畫 /动画 Chinese Mandarin: 動漫 /动漫 Czech: animace Danish: animation Dutch: animatie Esperanto: animacio Estonian: animatsioon Estonian: multiplikatsioon Finnish: animaatio Finnish: animointi French: animation Galician: animación Georgian: ანიმაცია Georgian: მულტიპლიკაცია German: Animation Greek: απεικόνιση Hebrew: הַנְפָּשָׁה Hindi: एनिमेशन Hungarian: élénkség Hungarian: elevenség Icelandic: hreyfimynd Indonesian: animasi Irish: beochan Italian: animazione Japanese: アニメーション Japanese: アニメ Kazakh: анимация Kazakh: мультипликация Korean: 애니메이션 Korean: 아니메 Northern Kurdish: anîmasyon Kyrgyz: анимация Kyrgyz: мультипликация Latvian: animācija Latvian: multiplikācija Lithuanian: animacija Lithuanian: multiplikacija Macedonian: анимација Malay: animasi Malay: dalangan Māori: hākoritanga Norwegian Bokmål: animasjon Norwegian Nynorsk: animasjon
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