animacy

English

Etymology

animate +‎ -cy

Noun

animacy (usually uncountable, plural animacies)

1. (linguistics) In some languages, the characteristic of a noun, dependent on its living or sentient nature, which affects grammatical features (it can modify verbs used with the noun, affect the noun's declension, etc.).

Antonyms

• inanimacy

Related terms

• animate
• inanimate

Translations

quality of being animate

• Czech: životnost f
• French: animéité (fr) f, animacité f
• German: Belebtheit f
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• Portuguese: animacidade f
• Russian: одушевлённость (ru) f (oduševljónnostʹ)

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