Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary defines Anthropomorphic as follows: 1. Ascribing human form or attributes to a being or thing not human, esp. to a deity. 2. Resembling or made to resemble a human form: an anthropomorphic carving

The example shows that it covers inanimate objects also.

In the children's show TRANSFORMERS (I don't know if it still plays, my son is 18 and watched it many moons ago) cars and planes used to become human-like. They used to say transform or metamorphose. Perhaps this is becoming the popular term for it.

Dag nabbit, Enigma leaves a little to be desired...it translated children's into Chili and unabridged as unacceptability. Très embarassing for a board dedicated to words. Are we accepting him like a senile old uncle??