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English
Etymology
From Latin animatio, from animare.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
Noun
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Singular animation |
Plural animations |
animation (plural animations)
- The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.
- The animation of the same soul quickening the whole frame. --Bp. Hall.
- (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 state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness
- He recited the story with great animation.
- The condition of being animate or alive.
- Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I possess of animation. --Landor.
- (linguistics) conversion from the inanimate to animate grammatical category
- 1992, Samuel E. Martin, A Reference Grammar of Korean, page 291:
- "The constraints are not so hard and fast that exceptional sentences do not occur. In particular animation and disanimation can temporarily suspend the system."
Synonyms
- airiness
- ardor
- buoyancy
- earnestness
- energy
- enthusiasm
- liveliness
- promptitude
- spirit
- sprightliness
- vivacity
Derived terms
- deanimation
- disanimation
- reanimation
- suspended animation
French
Etymology
From Latin animatio.
Pronunciation
Noun
animation f. (plural animations)
Swedish
Noun
| Inflection for animation | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Nominative | animation | animationen | animationer | animationerna |
| Genitive | animations | animationens | animationers | animationernas |
animation c.
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