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 Definitions of inanimate  [ɪnˈæn ə mɪt]  

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Definition of 'inanimate' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) inanimate
not animate; lifeless.

2.  inanimate
spiritless; sluggish; dull.

3.  inanimate
(of a linguistic item) used with reference to objects, concepts, and beings regarded as lacking perception and volition

Etymology:  (1555–65; < LL)

Definition of 'inanimate' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) inanimate
belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things
"the word `car' is inanimate"

2. (adj) inanimate, nonliving, non-living
not endowed with life
"the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects"

3. (adj) breathless, inanimate, pulseless
appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
"an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead"


Definition of 'inanimate' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) inanimate
not animate; destitute of life or spirit; lifeless; dead; inactive; dull; as, stones and earth are inanimate substances

2. (verb) inanimate
to animate


Translation of 'inanimate' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: not living
A rock is an inanimate object.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: leweloos Arabic flag Arabic: جامِد، لا حَياة فيه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: неодушевен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: inanimado Czech flag Czech: neživý German flag German: leblos
Danish flag Danish: død Greek flag Greek: άψυχος Spanish flag Spanish: inanimado
Estonian flag Estonian: elutu Farsi flag Farsi: بی جان Finnish flag Finnish: eloton
French flag French: inanimé Hebrew flag Hebrew: דוֹמֵם Hindi flag Hindi: अचेतन
Croatian flag Croatian: beživotan Hungarian flag Hungarian: élettelen Indonesian flag Indonesian: tidak hidup
Icelandic flag Icelandic: dauður, lífvana Italian flag Italian: inanimato Japanese flag Japanese: 生命のない
Korean flag Korean: 생명이 없는 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: negyvas Latvian flag Latvian: nedzīvs
Malay flag Malay: tidak hidup Dutch flag Dutch: levenloos Norwegian flag Norwegian: død, livløs
Polish flag Polish: nieożywiony Persian flag Persian: بی جان Pashto flag Pashto: بى حركته، بې سا، ولاړ، بي
Portuguese flag Portuguese: inanimado Romanian flag Romanian: neînsufleţit Russian flag Russian: неодушевлённый
Slovak flag Slovak: neživý Slovenian flag Slovenian: neživ Serbian flag Serbian: neživ
Swedish flag Swedish: inte levande, livlös, död Thai flag Thai: ซึ่งไม่มีชีวิต Turkish flag Turkish: cansız
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 無生命的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: неживий, бездушний Urdu flag Urdu: بے جان
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: vô tri Chinese flag Chinese: 无生命的

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