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inanimé

/i.na.ni.me/
adjective★Intermediate— inanimate
general

Lacking life or consciousness; not alive or animate.

Les statues sont des objets inanimés.

Statues are inanimate objects.

Le vent est une force inanimée.

The wind is an inanimate force.

💡

Often used to describe objects, elements, or entities that do not possess life or consciousness.

Collocations

être inaniméinanimate beingobjet inaniméinanimate object

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💡Pro Tip

Common Usage

In French, 'inanimé' is often used in contrast to 'animé' to describe things that lack life.

📖Word Origin

From Latin 'inanimatus', meaning 'without life' or 'not animated'.

📝Usage Notes

Commonly used in scientific, philosophical, and everyday contexts to distinguish living from non-living things.

Word Breakdown

in-
not
prefix
+
-animé
animated, alive
root
Dictionnaire Français-Anglais

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