motionless

English

Etymology

motion +‎ -less

Pronunciation

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• (RP) IPA: /ˈməʊʃənlɛs/, X-SAMPA: /"m@US@nlEs/
• (US) IPA: /ˈmoʊʃənlɛs/, X-SAMPA: /"moUS@nlEs/

Adjective

motionless (not comparable)

1. At rest, stationary, immobile, not moving.
   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, Lord Stranleigh Abroad^[1]:

     Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge.

Translations

at rest, not moving

• Armenian: անշարժ (hy) (anšarž)
• Czech: nehybný (cs)
• Dutch: bewegingsloos (nl)
• Esperanto: senmova (eo)
• Finnish: liikkumaton (fi), liikkumati (fi)
• French: immobile (fr)

• German: unbeweglich (de), reglos (de), bewegungslos (de)
• Italian: immobile (it)
• Polish: nieruchomy (pl)
• Russian: неподвижный (ru) (nepodvížnyj)
• Spanish: inmóvil (es)

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