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inanimate

in·an·i·mate

inanimate · more inanimate · most inanimate

неживий, бездушний, неістота

бездушный, неживой, безжизненный, неподвижный

leblos, bewegungslos, unbelebt, unbewegbar

Lacking the quality or ability of motionLacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object.

/ɪnˈænɪmət/

» Stop threatening inanimate objects, they can't hear you.

Meaning

3 senses

Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object.
Not alive, and never having been alive, especially not like humans and animals.
leblos
неживо́йneživój, безду́шныйbezdúšnyj, безжи́зненныйbezžíznennyj
неживи́йnežyvýj, безду́шнийbezdúšnyj
Not animate.
bewegungslos, unbewegbar, unbelebt
неподви́жныйnepodvížnyj, неодушевлённыйneoduševljónnyj, неживо́йneživój
неживи́йnežyvýj, неісто́таneistóta

More definitions

not endowed with life
belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things
appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse

Examples

2 sentences

Stop threatening inanimate objects, they can't hear you.
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The spirits can be good or evil and can inhabit inanimate objects.
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Translations

7 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

not alive:

in grammar:

Русский

By meaning 3

not alive:

not mobile:

in grammar:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

not alive:

not mobile:

in grammar:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English inanimat(e), from Late Latin inanimātus, from Latin in- + an

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).

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