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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.
In French, 'inanimé' is often used in contrast to 'animé' to describe things that lack life.
From Latin 'inanimatus', meaning 'without life' or 'not animated'.
Commonly used in scientific, philosophical, and everyday contexts to distinguish living from non-living things.