inanimate

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object.
2. Not being, and never having been alive, especially not like humans and animals.
3. Not animate.

Noun

Something that is not alive.

Verb

To animate.

Concepten

energieloos

inert

levenloos

onbezield

ontzield

💀

zielloos

Tegenovergesteld aan

animate

Synoniemen

lifeless

inorganic

dead

💀

spiritless

exanimate

dull

non-living

nonliving

insentient

insipid

soulless

insensate

breathless

sapless

azoic

inert

pulseless

motionless

nonsentient

stable

stationary

stiff

stolid

unfeeling

vacuous

vapid

abiotic

without consciousness

dead-alive

dead-and-alive

fixed to one spot

not sentient

weak

amort

anaemic

callous

faint

flat

formal

glassy

heartless

immobile

immoveable

impassive

inactive

insensible

insensitive

irrational

lacklustre

Vertalingen

inanimé

leblos

inanimado

inanimat

cansız

unbelebt

inanimato

άψυχος

ölü

💀

donuk

ruhsuz

anorgnaos

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɪnˈænɪmət/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: inanimate

In summary

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).