inanimate

== English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle English inanimat(e), from Late Latin inanimātus, from Latin in- + animātus (“animated”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, in- +‎ animate. The noun was derived by substantivization from the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈænɪmət/ Hyphenation: in‧an‧i‧mate ==== Adjective ==== inanimate (comparative more inanimate, superlative most inanimate) Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object. Synonyms: immobile, motionless; see also Thesaurus:immobile, Thesaurus:stationary Not being, and never having been alive, especially not like humans and animals. Synonyms: non-animate, lifeless, insentient, insensate (grammar) Not animate. Antonym: animate ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== inanimate (plural inanimates) (rare) Something that is not alive. === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Latin inanimātus, the perfect passive participle of inanimō (“to animate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in, into”) +‎ animō (“to animate”); by surface analysis, in- +‎ animate. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɪnˈænɪmeɪt/ ==== Verb ==== inanimate (third-person singular simple present inanimates, present participle inanimating, simple past and past participle inanimated) (obsolete) To animate. === Anagrams === Mantineia, amanitine, maintaine == Italian == === Adjective === inanimate f pl feminine plural of inanimato === Anagrams === amanitine == Latin == === Adjective === inanimāte vocative masculine singular of inanimātus