mobile

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See also: Mobile and -mobile

English

Etymology

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(deprecated template usage) From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin mōbilis (“easy to be moved, moveable”), from moveō (“move”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective
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  • Rhymes: -əʊbaɪl
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  • Rhymes: -əʊbəl
Noun

Adjective

mobile (comparative more mobile, superlative most mobile)

  1. Capable of being moved, especially on wheels.
    a mobile home
  2. Pertaining to or by agency of mobile phones.
    mobile number   mobile internet
    • 2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist‎[1], volume 405, number 8813, page 3 (Technology Quarterly):
      A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.
  3. Characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom.
    Mercury is a mobile liquid.
  4. Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle.
    Synonyms: excitable, fickle
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    • (Can we date this quote by Hawthorne and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      the quick and mobile curiosity of her disposition
  5. Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind.
    mobile features
  6. (biology) Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.

Antonyms

(capable of being moved) fixed, immobile, sessile, stationary

Derived terms

Derived terms

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Translations

Noun

mobile (plural mobiles)

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mobile (1)
  2. (art) A kinetic sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other.
  4. (telephony, UK) Ellipsis of mobile phone.
    Synonym: cell phone
  5. (uncountable, Internet) The internet accessed via mobile devices.
    there are many business opportunities in mobile
  6. Something that can move.

Translations

mobile phone — see mobile phone
Related terms

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Further reading

Anagrams

Danish

Adjective

mobile

  1. definite of mobil
  2. plural of mobil

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mōbilis. Doublet of meuble.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mobile (plural mobiles)

  1. mobile
  2. moving
  3. movable

Derived terms

Noun

mobile m (plural mobiles)

  1. (physics) moving body
  2. mobile (decoration)
  3. motive (for an action, for a crime)
  4. mobile phone

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

mobile

  1. inflection of mobil:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin mōbilis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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  1. movable, mobile
    Antonym: immobile
  2. moving

Noun

mobile m (plural mobili)

  1. (in the singular) piece of furniture (item of furniture)
  2. (in the plural) furniture
    Synonyms: mobilia, mobilio, arredamento
  3. (heraldry) charge
  4. mobile (cellular phone)
    Synonyms: cellulare, telefonino
    Antonym: fisso
Related terms

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Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) mōbile

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of mōbilis

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

mobile

  1. definite singular of mobil
  2. plural of mobil

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

mobile

  1. definite singular of mobil
  2. plural of mobil

Swedish

Adjective

mobile

  1. (deprecated template usage) definite natural masculine singular of mobil
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