inanimate

English

Etymology

in- +‎ animate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈænɪmət/

Adjective

inanimate (comparative more inanimate, superlative most inanimate)

  1. Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object.
  2. Not being, and never having been alive.
    • 1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 5, in Frankenstein‎:
      I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body.
  3. (grammar) Not animate.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Noun

inanimate (plural inanimates)

  1. Something that is not alive.

Verb

inanimate (third-person singular simple present inanimates, present participle inanimating, simple past and past participle inanimated)

  1. (obsolete) To animate.
    • John Donne, An Anatomy of the World: The First Anniversary (1621)
      For there's a kind of world remaining still, Though shee which did inanimate and fill

Anagrams

Italian

Adjective

inanimate f pl

  1. feminine plural of inanimato

Latin

Adjective

inanimāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of inanimātus
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.