German

Noun

Animation f ‎(genitive Animation, plural Animationen)

1. animation

Declension

English

GIF animation video.

Noun

animation ‎(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.
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.
   • Landor

     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
   • 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

• (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

Translations

Descendants

• Japanese: アニメーション ‎(animēshon) (borrowed)

Anagrams

• amination

French

Etymology

From Latin animatio.

Pronunciation

Noun

animation f ‎(plural animations)

1. animation

Swedish

Noun

animation c

1. animation

Declension