animatronics

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/ˌænɪməˈtɹɒnɪks/

noun

A form of robotics used to create robots that perform preset moves and prerecorded sounds.

OriginEnglish electronics ← Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión) ← Proto-Hellenic *éimi →
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Meanings

nounanimatronics (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA form of robotics used to create robots that perform preset moves and prerecorded sounds.

    Claim that Armitage was not a real rat but an animatronics one that she had made in Science class.

    2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂enh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂enh₁mos
  3. Proto-Italic*anamos
  4. Latinanimus
  5. Latinanima
  6. Latinanimō
  7. Latinanimatiō
  8. Englishanimation
  9. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  10. Latinēlectrum
  11. New Latinēlectricus
  12. Englishelectric
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ey-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éyti
  15. Proto-Hellenic*éimi
  16. Ancient Greekἰόν (ión)
  17. Englishion
  18. Englishelectron
  19. Englishelectronics
  20. Englishanimatronics

Blend of animation + electronics, from the Disney trademark "Audio-Animatronics". Compare -tronics.

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Translations

Finnish animatroniikka
  • animatroniikkaform of robotics used to create robots that perform preset moves
Polish animatronika
  • animatronikaform of robotics used to create robots that perform preset moves
Portuguese animatrônica, animatrónica
  • animatrônicaform of robotics used to create robots that perform preset moves
  • animatrónicaform of robotics used to create robots that perform preset moves
Russian аниматро́ника
  • аниматро́ника (animatrónika)form of robotics used to create robots that perform preset moves
Slovak animatronika
  • animatronikaform of robotics used to create robots that perform preset moves
Swedish animatronik
  • animatronikform of robotics used to create robots that perform preset moves

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with animatronics

electronicsonyxmicroelectronicsphotonicsphonicsavionicsharmonicshydroponicssupersonicstectonicsoptoelectronicsmnemonicsultrasonicscryonicsebonicspsionicsnanoelectronicshistrionicsspintronicssardonyxbioelectronicsaquaponicsastrionicsgeotectonics
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Cite this entry
APA

animatronics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animatronics

MLA

“animatronics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animatronics. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “animatronics,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animatronics.

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