animator

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See also: Animator and animátor

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin animātor.[1] By surface analysis, animate +‎ -or. Piecewise doublet of animateur.

Pronunciation

Noun

animator (plural animators)

  1. (art) One who creates an animation or cartoon; a cartoonist.
    In recent years, animators using computer rendering have largely superseded artists working by hand.
  2. One who animates something; one who brings something to life or the appearance of life.
    The android turned to gaze at its animator.

Translations

References

  1. ^ animator, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English animator.

Pronunciation

Noun

animator m (plural animatoren, diminutive animatortje n)

  1. (art) animator
  2. (tourism) animateur

Indonesian

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Etymology

Borrowed from English animator. Doublet of animater.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ni.ˈma.tɔr/
  • Rhymes: -tɔr
  • Hyphenation: a‧ni‧ma‧tor

Noun

animator (plural animator-animator, first-person possessive animatorku, second-person possessive animatormu, third-person possessive animatornya)

  1. (art) animator, cartoonist: one who creates an animation or cartoon

Further reading

Latin

Verb

animātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of animō

References

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from French animateur,[1] from Latin animō +‎ -ato. First attested in 1915.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ɲiˈma.tɔr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -atɔr
  • Syllabification: a‧ni‧ma‧tor

Noun

animator m pers (female equivalent animatorka)

  1. (film) animator (person who makes animated films)
  2. (theater) puppeteer (person who moves puppets during a puppet show)
    Synonym: lalkarz
    animator teatralnytheater puppeteer
    animator lalekpuppeteer
    animator teatrutheater puppeteer
  3. animator (person who motivates others to action)
  4. (tourism) animator (person who organizes activities for a group of people)

Declension

adjective
noun
verb

Collocations

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “animator”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Dziennik Poznański : wychodzi codziennie z wyjątkiem poniedziałków i dni poświętnych (in Polish), number R.57, nr 23, 1915, page 6

Further reading

  • animator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • animator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • animator in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French animateur. Equivalent to anima +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

Adjective

animator m or n (feminine singular animatoare, masculine plural animatori, feminine and neuter plural animatoare)

  1. animative, invigorating, vitalizing

Declension

Synonyms

Noun

animator m (plural animatori, feminine equivalent animatoare)

  1. animator
  2. cartoonist, animator

Declension

See also

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From animírati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anǐmaːtor/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ni‧ma‧tor

Noun

anìmātor m (Cyrillic spelling анѝма̄тор)

  1. animator

Declension

References

  • animator”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024