animatio

Latin

Etymology

From animō (“animate, give life to”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.nɪˈmaː.ti.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.niˈmat̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]

Noun

animātiō f (genitive animātiōnis); third declension

The act of animating or giving life to, animation.
A living being, form of life.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	animātiō	animātiōnēs
genitive	animātiōnis	animātiōnum
dative	animātiōnī	animātiōnibus
accusative	animātiōnem	animātiōnēs
ablative	animātiōne	animātiōnibus
vocative	animātiō	animātiōnēs

Related terms

Descendants

Asturian: animación
Catalan: animació
French: animation
Galician: animación
Italian: animazione
Occitan: animacion
Portuguese: animação
Romanian: animație
Spanish: animación
→ English: animation
- → Hindi: एनिमेशन (enimeśan)
- → Japanese: アニメーション (animēshon)
- → Korean: 애니메이션 (aenimeisyeon)
- → Thai: แอนิเมชัน (ɛɛ-ní-mee-chân)
- → Urdu: اینی میشَن (enī meśan)
→ Russian: анима́ция (animácija)
- → Kazakh: анимация (animasiä)

References

“animatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“animatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
animatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.