different between animate vs animal
animate
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: ?n'?m?t, ?n'?m?t, IPA(key): /?æ.n?.m?t/, /?æ.n?.m?t/
- Verb:
- enPR: ?n'?m?t, ?n'?m?t IPA(key): /?æ.n?.me?t/, /?æ.n?.me?t/
Adjective
animate (comparative more animate, superlative most animate)
- That which lives.
- Possessing the quality or ability of motion.
- Dynamic, energetic.
- (grammar, of a noun or pronoun) Having a referent that includes a human, animal, plant or other entity which is considered alive.
- (grammar) Inflected to agree with an animate noun or pronoun.
Synonyms
- (that which lives): alive, living, vital; see also Thesaurus:alive
- (quality or ability of motion): astir, dynamic, kinetic, motile
- (dynamic, energetic): lively, perky, vivacious; see also Thesaurus:active
Synonyms
Antonyms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
animate (third-person singular simple present animates, present participle animating, simple past and past participle animated)
- (transitive) To impart motion or the appearance of motion to.
- (transitive) To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit.
- 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
Derived terms
- animator, animater
- animatrix
Related terms
- animation
- animatrice
Translations
Anagrams
- amentia, aminate, metania
Esperanto
Adverb
animate
- present adverbial passive participle of animi
Italian
Verb
animate
- second-person plural present indicative of animare
- second-person plural imperative of animare
- feminine plural of animato
Anagrams
- amenità, anatemi, emanati
Latin
Verb
anim?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of anim?
Middle English
Alternative forms
- animat
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin anim?tus, past participle of anim?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ani?ma?t/
Adjective
animate
- Animate, alive; showing the signs or symptoms of life.
- Related to the soul or spirit of a living being (i.e. sentience or sapience).
Descendants
- English: animate
- Scots: ainimate
References
- “anim?t, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-17.
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animal
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: ?n'?m?l, IPA(key): /?æn?m?l/
Etymology 1
From Middle English animal, from Old French animal, from Latin animal, a nominal use of an adjective from animale, neuter of anim?lis, from anima (“breath, spirit”). Displaced native Middle English deor, der (“animal”) (from Old English d?or (“animal”)), Middle English reother (“animal, neat”) (from Old English hr?þer, hr?þer (“neat, ox”)).
Noun
animal (plural animals)
- (sciences) A eukaryote of the clade Animalia; a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).
- Synonyms: beast, creature
- (loosely) Any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.
- Synonym: beast
- (loosely, colloquial) Any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not fishes, insects, etc.).
- (figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
- Synonyms: brute, monster, savage
- (informal) A person of a particular type.
- Matter, thing.
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:animal
Related terms
Translations
See animal/translations § Noun.
Etymology 2
From Latin anim?lis, from either anima (“breath, spirit”) or animus. Originally distinct from the noun, it became associated with attributive use of the noun and is now indistinguishable from it.
Adjective
animal (not comparable)
- Of or relating to animals.
- Synonyms: beastly, bestial
- Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.
- Synonyms: animalistic, beastly, bestial, untamed, wild
- Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.
- 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004), page 47:
- To explain what activated the flesh, ‘animal spirits’ were posited, superfine fluids which shuttled between the mind and the vitals, conveying messages and motion.
- 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004), page 47:
- (slang, Ireland) Excellent
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- Wiktionary appendix of terms relating to animals
References
- animal at OneLook Dictionary Search
- animal in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- animal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Almain, Malian, Manila, Milana, al-Amin, almain, aminal, lamina, maalin, manila
Asturian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin animal.
Adjective
animal (epicene, plural animales)
- animal
Noun
animal m (plural animales)
- animal
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin animal.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?.ni?mal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.ni?mal/
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
animal (masculine and feminine plural animals)
- animal
Noun
animal m (plural animals)
- animal
Derived terms
- animalada
- animalitzar (“to animalize”)
Further reading
- “animal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “animal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “animal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “animal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cebuano
Etymology 1
From English animal, from Middle English animal, from Old French animal, from Latin animal, a nominal use of an adjective from animale, neuter of anim?lis, from anima (“breath, spirit”).
Noun
animal
- animal
- (derogatory) a contemptible person
- (sometimes humurous), a crazy person
Adjective
animal
- (sometimes humurous), crazy
- contemptible, deserving contempt
- ruthless; without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless
Etymology 2
From Spanish animal, from Latin animal.
Interjection
animal
- (vulgar) used as an expression of disgust, anger, etc.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin animal. Compare the archaic inherited doublet aumaille and its variant armaille, both from the Latin neuter plural anim?lia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ni.mal/
- Homophones: animale, animales
Noun
animal m (plural animaux)
- animal
- Synonyms: bête, bestiole
Derived terms
Adjective
animal (feminine singular animale, masculine plural animaux, feminine plural animales)
- animal
- Synonym: bestial
- Antonym: végétal
Further reading
- “animal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- lamina
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin animal.
Adjective
animal m or f (plural animais)
- animal
Noun
animal m (plural animais)
- animal
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French animal, from Latin animal.
Noun
animal
- animal
- Synonym: zannimo
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ni?mal/
Noun
animal (plural animales)
- animal
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese animal.
Noun
animal
- beast
- animal
Latin
Etymology
From anim?le, nominative neuter singular of anim?lis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?a.ni.mal/, [?än?mä??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?a.ni.mal/, [???nim?l]
Noun
animal n (genitive anim?lis); third declension
- animal
- living creature
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
Synonyms
- bestia
Related terms
Descendants
References
- animal in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- animal in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- animal in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- animal in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Middle English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ani?ma?l/, /a?nimal/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French animal, from Latin animal.
Alternative forms
- animale
Noun
animal (plural animales)
- An animal (considered to include humans)
Descendants
- English: animal
- Scots: ainimal
References
- “anim?l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-16.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin anim?lis.
Alternative forms
- animale, animall, anymal, anymall
Adjective
animal
- Related to the soul or spirit of a living being (i.e. sentience or sapience)
Descendants
- English: animal
References
- “anim?l, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-16.
Middle French
Noun
animal m (plural animaux or animaulx)
- animal
- Synonym: beste
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Portuguese animal and Spanish animal.
Noun
animal
- beast
- animal
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin animal. See also alimária, an inherited doublet.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?.ni.?ma?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?.ni.?maw/, [??.n????.?mä??]
- Hyphenation: a?ni?mal
- Rhymes: -aw
Adjective
animal m or f (plural animais, comparable)
- (biology) animal (relating to animals)
- 2000, Julio S. Inglez de Sousa et al., Enciclopédia agrícola brasileira: E-H, Editora da Universidade de São Paulo, page 225:
- Em anatomia animal o termo é de uso muito comum, […]
- The term is very commonly used in animal anatomy, […]
- Em anatomia animal o termo é de uso muito comum, […]
- 2000, Julio S. Inglez de Sousa et al., Enciclopédia agrícola brasileira: E-H, Editora da Universidade de São Paulo, page 225:
- (Brazil, slang) cool; awesome
- 2015, Juliana Rosenthal K., Save the Day, Buqui, page 52:
- É, tava animal mesmo — Bia mal consegue falar.
- Yeah, it really was wild — Bia can barely speak.
- É, tava animal mesmo — Bia mal consegue falar.
- 2015, Juliana Rosenthal K., Save the Day, Buqui, page 52:
Inflection
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:animal.
Noun
animal m (plural animais)
- (biology) animal (any member of the kingdom Animalia)
- 2020, Petrônio Braz, Léxico dos Gerais, Chiado Books, page 481:
- Primatas — Animais mamíferos, da ordem Primata, que compreende os macacos, antropóides e o homem.
- Primates — Mammalian animals, of the order Primata, which comprises monkeys/apes, anthropoids and man.
- Primatas — Animais mamíferos, da ordem Primata, que compreende os macacos, antropóides e o homem.
- 2020, Petrônio Braz, Léxico dos Gerais, Chiado Books, page 481:
- (non-scientific usage) animal (an animal other than a human, especially a vertebrate)
- Daniela Ikawa, Valor humano intrínseco e redistribuição social in 2007, Flávia Piovesan, Daniela Ikawa, Direitos Humanos: Fundamento, Proteção e Implementação, volume 2, Juruá Editora, page 44:
- Separar os dois grupos — humanos e animais requereria, dentro dos limites da teoria relativa à dor e ao sofrimento, […]
- Separating the twe groups — humans and animals would require, within the limits of the theory relating to pain and suffering, […]
- Separar os dois grupos — humanos e animais requereria, dentro dos limites da teoria relativa à dor e ao sofrimento, […]
- Synonyms: besta, bicho
- Daniela Ikawa, Valor humano intrínseco e redistribuição social in 2007, Flávia Piovesan, Daniela Ikawa, Direitos Humanos: Fundamento, Proteção e Implementação, volume 2, Juruá Editora, page 44:
- (colloquial) twat; idiot; moron
- 1979, Wilson Bacelar de Oliveira, Os meus fantasmas, Editora Comunicação, page 490:
- Escute aqui, seu animal, então você brigou com o companheiro?
- Listen up, you dumbass, so you fought with [your] mate?
- Escute aqui, seu animal, então você brigou com o companheiro?
- Synonyms: idiota, retardado, burro, imbecil, débil mental, besta
- 1979, Wilson Bacelar de Oliveira, Os meus fantasmas, Editora Comunicação, page 490:
- (colloquial) beast (a cruel person)
- 2007, Creso Balduíno, O verso do ser, Editora Revan, page 170:
- Josuel é um animal repulsivo, uma besta humana.
- Josuel is a repulsive beast, a human beast.
- Josuel é um animal repulsivo, uma besta humana.
- Synonym: monstro
- 2007, Creso Balduíno, O verso do ser, Editora Revan, page 170:
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:animal.
Derived terms
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French animal, from Latin animal. Doublet of n?maie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ni?mal/
Adjective
animal m or n (feminine singular animal?, masculine plural animali, feminine and neuter plural animale)
- animal, animalistic
- brutal
Declension
Adverb
animal
- brutally
Noun
animal n (plural animale)
- animal
Declension
Romansch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin animal.
Noun
animal m (plural animals)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) animal
Synonyms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) biestg
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan) bestga
- (Sursilvan) tier, bestia
- (Puter, Vallader) bes-cha
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin animal. See also alimaña, an inherited doublet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ani?mal/, [a.ni?mal]
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
animal (plural animales)
- animal
Noun
animal m (plural animales)
- animal
Derived terms
Related terms
Anagrams
- lámina
- lamina
Further reading
- “animal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English animal.
Noun
animal
- animal (members of Kingdom Animalia that are not humans)
- Synonym: abus
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