different between animation vs carton

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

Borrowed from French carton, from Italian cartone. Doublet of cartoon.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??t?n/, /?k??tn?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k??tn?/, [?k????n?]
• Rhymes: -??(?)t?n

Noun

carton (countable and uncountable, plural cartons)

1. An inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material.

   Synonyms: cardboard box, container, package

2. A pack of cigarettes, usually ten, wrapped in cellophane or packed in a light cardboard box.

   Synonym: pack

3. (Australia) A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.

   Synonym: case

   • 2009 October 19, Oliver O'Connell, in "Message From Mr Yunupingu" [1]

4. (archaic) A kind of thin pasteboard.
5. (archaic) A small disc within the bullseye of a target.
6. (archaic) A shot that strikes this disc.

Translations

Verb

carton (third-person singular simple present cartons, present participle cartoning, simple past and past participle cartoned)

1. To put in a carton.

Anagrams

• Cantor, Carnot, Catron, Contra, TRACON, cantor, contra, contra-, corant, craton, tracon

French

Etymology

From Italian cartone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?.t??/
• Homophone: cartons

Noun

carton m (plural cartons)

1. cardboard
2. carton, cardboard box
3. target
4. (art) sketch; cartoon
5. (cartography) inset map
6. card

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• contra

Romanian

Etymology

From French carton.

Noun

carton n (plural cartoane)

1. cardboard

Declension

Related terms

• cartona
• cartonabil
• cartonaj
• cartonare
• cartona?
• cartonat
• necartonat