From , from animare, equivalent to animate + -ion.

• (America) IPA: /æn.əˈmeɪ.ʃən/

animation

1. The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.
   • 1647, Joseph Hall, Christ Mysticall; or the blessed union of Christ and his Members, as edited and reprinted in Josiah Pratt (editor), The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D., Volume 8, C. Wittingham (1808), page 217 ↗:

     […] by the animation of the same soul quickening that whole frame.

2. (animation, in the sense of a cartoon) A sequence of still drawings or inanimate objects displayed in rapid succession to create the illusion of movement in motion pictures or computer graphics; the object (film, computer game, etc.) produced
3. The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness

   He recited the story with great animation.

4. The condition of being animate or alive.
   • 1828, Walter Savage Landor, “Lord Brooke and Sir Philip Sidney”, in Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC ↗:

     Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I possess of animation.

5. (linguistics) conversion from the inanimate to animate grammatical category
6. Activities offered by a holiday resort encompassing activities that include movement, joy, leisure and spectacle, such as games, sports, shows, events, etc.

• (the act of breathing life into something) vitalization, vivification, enlivenment
• (the state of being lively) airiness, ardor, buoyancy, earnestness, energy, enthusiasm, liveliness, promptitude, spirit, sprightliness, vivacity
• (the condition of being alive) life

• French: animation, invigoration
• German: Belebung, Vitalisierung
• Italian: ravvivamento, animazione, vivificazione
• Portuguese: animação
• Russian: оживле́ние
• Spanish: vivificación, animación

• French: animation
• German: Animation
• Italian: animazione
• Portuguese: animação
• Russian: анима́ция
• Spanish: animación