"animal" meaning in Middle English

See animal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /aniˈmaːl/, /aˈnimal/ Forms: animale [alternative], animall [alternative], anymal [alternative], anymall [alternative]
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  1. Related to the soul or spirit of a living being (i.e. sentience or sapience)
    Sense id: en-animal-enm-adj-QpdkaaCq Categories (other): Middle English entries with etymon, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Animals Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymon: 56 44 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Animals: 64 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /aniˈmaːl/, /aˈnimal/ Forms: animales [plural], animale [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French animal, from Latin animal. Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|:bor|fro:animal<ety:der<la:animal>>|id=noun}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "nom.", "keyword_label" : "Nominalization of", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "soul", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "life", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "spirit", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "breath", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to breath", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂enh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-mos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂enh₁mos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*anamos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "animus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "anima", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*h₂élis", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "grow", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂el-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-is", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ālis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ālis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "animālis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "nominalization" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "animal", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "animal", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "animal", "lang" : "enm" }" data-id="noun" data-lang="enm" data-title="animal" id="Middle_English:_noun">, {{bor|enm|fro|animal}} Old French animal, {{der|enm|la|animal}} Latin animal Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} animal, {{enm-noun|animales}} animal (plural animales)
  1. An animal (considered to include humans)
    Sense id: en-animal-enm-noun-CYpLq66B Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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