different between animation vs animateness

English

Etymology

From Latin animatio, from animare, equivalent to animate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æn.??me?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

animation (countable and uncountable, plural animations)

1. The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.
   • 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:

     […] by the animation of the same soul quickening that whole frame.

2. (animation, in the sense of a cartoon) The technique of making inanimate objects or drawings appear to move in motion pictures or computer graphics; the object (film, computer game, etc.) so produced
3. The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness

   He recited the story with great animation.

4. The condition of being animate or alive.

   • Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I possess of animation.

5. (linguistics) 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.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??????? (anim?shon)

Translations

Anagrams

• amination

French

Etymology

From Latin animatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ni.ma.sj??/

Noun

animation f (plural animations)

1. animation

Further reading

• “animation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Noun

animation c

1. animation

Declension

English

Etymology

animate +? -ness

Noun

animateness (uncountable)

1. The state or condition of being animate.

Related terms

• animacy
• animation

Translations