immovable

English

Alternative forms

• immoveable

Etymology

From im- +‎ movable.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɪˈmuːvəb(ə)l/

Adjective

immovable (comparative more immovable, superlative most immovable)

1. Incapable of being physically moved; fixed.
2. Steadfast in purpose or intention; unalterable, unyielding.
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 101:

     I pleaded with him not to resign, but he was immovable.

3. Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling; impassive.

Antonyms

• movable

Translations

incapable of being physically moved

Armenian: անշարժ (hy) (anšarž) Esperanto: nemovebla (eo)

Finnish: kiinteä (fi) Romanian: imobil (ro)

steadfast

Armenian: անշարժ (hy) (anšarž)

Finnish: järkähtämätön (fi) Romanian: ferm (ro), fix (ro), neclintit (ro)

impassive

Finnish: tunteeton (fi)

Romanian: impasiv (ro), netulburat (ro)

Noun

immovable (plural immovables)

1. That which can not be moved; something which is immovable.

Translations

That which can not be moved; something which is immovable

Macedonian: недвижнина (mk) (nedvížnina) f., недвижност (mk) (nédvížnost) f.

Russian: недвижимость (ru) f.

References

• immovable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913