animacy

English

Etymology

animate +‎ -cy

Noun

animacy (usually uncountable, plural animacies)

(linguistics) In some languages, the characteristic of a noun, dependent on its living or sentient nature, which affects grammatical features (it can modify verbs used with the noun, affect the noun's declension etc).

Related terms

Translations

quality of being animate

Czech: životnost f
French: animéité (fr) f
Portuguese: animacidade f

Russian: одушевлённость (ru) f (oduševljónnostʹ)

Anagrams

Mayniac

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