animacy
Noun
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Noun
animacy (uncountable)
- (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.).
- French: animéité, animacité
- German: Belebtheit
- Portuguese: animacidade
- Russian: одушевлённость
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