Meanings
adjectiveanimatronic (not comparable)
- not comparableOf a robot, etc, that works by animatronics.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂enh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂enh₁mos
- Proto-Italic*anamos
- Latinanimus
- Latinanima
- Latinanimō
- Latinanimātus
- Middle Englishanimat(e)
- Englishanimate
- Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
- Latinēlectrum
- New Latinēlectricus
- Englishelectric
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁ey-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éyti
- Proto-Hellenic*éimi
- Ancient Greekἰόν (ión)
- Englishion
- Englishelectron
- Englishelectronic
- Englishanimatronic
Blend of animate + electronic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese 电子动画
- 电子动画that works by animatronics
French animatronique
- animatroniquethat works by animatronics
German Animatronik
- Animatronikthat works by animatronics
Italian animatronico
- animatronicothat works by animatronics
Polish animatroniczny
- animatronicznythat works by animatronics
Portuguese animatrónico, animatrônico
- animatrónicothat works by animatronics
- animatrônicothat works by animatronics
Russian аниматро́нный
- аниматро́нный (animatrónnyj)that works by animatronics
Spanish animatrónico
- animatrónicothat works by animatronics
Cite this entry
APA
animatronic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animatronic
MLA
“animatronic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animatronic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “animatronic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animatronic.
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