mobile

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin mōbilis (“easy to be moved, moveable”), from moveō (“move”). The video-gaming sense was coined by Richard Bartle to describe NPCs or creatures capable of moving "under their own power" in the 1978 video game Multi-User Dungeon. Bartle retracted an earlier claim of his that it was from the kinetic sculpture sense of mobile (for the "unpredictable but limited" motion of the hanging ornaments). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈməʊ.baɪl/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈmoʊ.bəl/, /ˈmoʊ.bil/, /ˈmoʊ.baɪl/ (sculpture always) IPA(key): /ˈmoʊ.bil/ Homophone: Mobile (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈmoʊ.baɪl/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈməʉ.bɑel/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): [ˈmɐʉ.bɑe̯l] (North India) IPA(key): /moˈbɑjl/, [moː.bäːɪ̯l] (South India) IPA(key): /mɵˈbəjl/, [mö.bɐɪ̯l]; /ˈmo.bəjl/, [moː.bɐɪ̯l] === Adjective === mobile (comparative more mobile, superlative most mobile) Capable of being moved, especially on wheels. Synonyms: movable; see also Thesaurus:in motion, Thesaurus:movable Antonyms: fixed, immobile, immovable, sessile, stationary Pertaining to or by agency of mobile phones. Characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom. Synonyms: fluxive; see also Thesaurus:runny Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle. Synonyms: excitable, fickle; see also Thesaurus:changeable Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind. (biology) Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement. Synonym: motile Antonym: sessile ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === mobile (plural mobiles) (sculpture) A kinetic sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other. Antonym: stabile (telephony, UK, Ireland, India) Ellipsis of mobile phone. Synonym: cell phone (uncountable, Internet) The internet accessed via mobile devices; the version of a product seen on mobile devices. One who moves or can move (e.g. to travel). Antonym: immobile An object capable of moving under its own power. Antonym: inanimate (by extension, video games, dated) A creature or NPC that can navigate and interact with the game world (now often shortened to mob). Synonyms: mob, mobile object, agent, non-player character ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: モバイル (mobairu) → Kurtöp: མོ་བ་འིལ (mobail) → Persian: موبایل (mobâil) ==== Translations ==== === Related terms === === Further reading === “mobile”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “mobile”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “mobile”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. mobile on Wikipedia.Wikipedia mobile phone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia mobile (sculpture) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === bemoil, emboil, emboli == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmobɪlɛ] === Noun === mobile vocative singular of mobil == Danish == === Adjective === mobile definite of mobil plural of mobil == Finnish == === Etymology === < English mobile === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmobile/, [ˈmo̞bile̞] (nalle-type declension) IPA(key): /ˈmobileˣ/, [ˈmo̞bile̞(ʔ)] (hame-type declension) Rhymes: -obile Syllabification(key): mo‧bi‧le Hyphenation(key): mo‧bi‧le === Noun === mobile mobile (kinetic sculpture) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “mobile”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin mōbilis. Doublet of meuble. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɔ.bil/ === Adjective === mobile (plural mobiles) mobile moving movable ==== Antonyms ==== immobile ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Turkish: mobil === Noun === mobile m (plural mobiles) (physics) moving body mobile (decoration) motive (for an action, for a crime) mobile phone; ellipsis of téléphone mobile Synonyms: cell, téléphone cellulaire, cellulaire, téléphone mobile, téléphone portable, portable === Further reading === “mobile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == German == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === mobile inflection of mobil: strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular strong nominative/accusative plural weak nominative all-gender singular weak accusative feminine/neuter singular == Italian == === Etymology === Probably borrowed from Latin mōbilis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.bi.le/ Rhymes: -ɔbile Hyphenation: mò‧bi‧le === Adjective === mobile m or f by sense (plural mobili, superlative mobilissimo) movable, mobile Antonym: immobile moving ==== Derived terms ==== mobilmente === Noun === mobile m (plural mobili) (in the singular) piece of furniture (item of furniture) (in the plural) furniture Synonyms: mobilia, mobilio, arredamento (heraldry) charge mobile (cellular phone) Synonyms: cellulare, telefonino Antonym: fisso ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === mobile in Collins Italian-English Dictionary mobile in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI) mobile in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa mòbile1 in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication === Anagrams === emboli == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmoː.bɪ.ɫɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɔː.bi.le] === Adjective === mōbile nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of mōbilis === References === "mobile", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Adjective === mobile definite singular of mobil plural of mobil == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Adjective === mobile definite singular of mobil plural of mobil == Portuguese == === Verb === mobile inflection of mobilar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Romanian == === Noun === mobile plural of mobilă == Swedish == === Adjective === mobile definite natural masculine singular of mobil