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English

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Etymology

From Old French immobile, from Latin immōbilis.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈməʊ.baɪl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɪˈmoʊ.bəl/
  • (obsolete) IPA(key): /ɪˈmɒ.bɪl/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Adjective

immobile (not comparable)

  1. fixed, not movable
    Synonyms: immovable, fixed, sessile, stationary
    Antonyms: movable, mobile

Noun

immobile (plural immobiles)

  1. One who does not or cannot move (e.g. to travel or live elsewhere).
    • 1963, Highway Research Record:
      […] if the constrained "immobiles" are given the same transportation access as the unconstrained "mobiles"  […]
    • 1988 February 25, Nigel Nicholson, Michael West, Managerial Job Change: Men and Women in Transition, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 132:
      Table 6.5 does indeed show that non-changers were more contented […] For Table 6.7 shows that even when we take account of the initial differences between the mobiles and immobiles, the mobiles' ratings of job characteristics move strongly in a positive direction while all the immobiles' record negative shifts. So the pattern is clear and consistent: jobs get better for movers and worse for non-movers.
    • 2005 July 19, Ian M. Philpott, The Royal Air Force: The Trenchard Years, 1918–1929, Casemate Publishers, →ISBN:
      One ex-airwoman recalls meal times for both 'mobiles' and 'immobiles', when they sat on backless benches at long bare tables. The immobiles brought in their own food, crockery and cutlery. A free-standing iron range was used […]

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References

  1. ^ Meredith, L. P. (1872) “Immobile”, in Every-Day Errors of Speech‎, Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott & Co., page 25.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French immobile, from Latin immōbilis. Morphologically analyzable as im- +‎ mobile.

Pronunciation

Adjective

immobile (plural immobiles)

  1. motionless, unmoving, still, stationary
  2. immovable, immobile
  3. invariable

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German

Pronunciation

Adjective

immobile

  1. inflection of immobil:
    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

Borrowed from Latin immōbilis (“immobile, immovable”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imˈmɔ.bi.le/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔbile
  • Hyphenation: im‧mò‧bi‧le

Adjective

immobile (plural immobili)

  1. still, motionless, stationary
  2. immovable, immobile

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Noun

immobile m (plural immobili)

  1. real estate, immovable property, building, immovables
    Synonyms: bene immobile, proprietà, (building) edificio, casa, caseggiato, costruzione, palazzo, fabbricato

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Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

immōbile

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of immōbilis

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