# mobile
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈməʊbaɪl/
** Audio (UK):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈmoʊbəl/, /ˈmoʊbil/, /ˈmoʊbaɪl/, sculpture always IPA: /ˈmoʊbil/
* (South Asia) IPA: /moˈbaɪl/
* (UK) IPA: /ˈməʊ.baɪl/
** Audio (UK):(file)
* Rhymes: -əʊbaɪl
* (US) enPR: mōʹbəl, IPA: /ˈmoʊbəl/
* Rhymes: -əʊbəl
* (UK) IPA: /ˈməʊ.baɪl/
** Audio (UK):(file)
* Rhymes: -əʊbaɪl
* (US, phone) enPR: mōʹbəl, IPA: /ˈmoʊbəl/
* Rhymes: -əʊbəl
* (US, sculpture) enPR: mōʹbēl, IPA: /ˈmoʊbil/
* Rhymes: -əʊbiːl
* Homophone: Mobile

### 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
    a mobile home
* Pertaining to or by agency of mobile phones.
    mobile number
    mobile internet
** 2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist‎, 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.
* Characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom.
    Synonyms: fluxive; see also Thesaurus:runny
    Mercury is a mobile liquid.
* Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle.
    Synonyms: excitable, fickle; see also Thesaurus:changeable
** 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 7, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:the quick and mobile curiosity of her disposition
* Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind.
    mobile features
** 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Another London Life”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 176:His finely cut features were capable of every variety of expression; they were, to use a French epithet, expressive as their epithets for all social qualities usually are, mobile in the extreme.
* (biology) Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.
    Synonym: motile
    Antonym: sessile

#### Derived terms

* cellular mobile
* ground mobile force
* MASH
* mobile chicane
* mobile crane
* mobile data
* mobile elevating work platform
* mobile game
* mobile genetic element
* mobile home
* mobile home park
* mobile library
* mobile number
* mobile phase
* mobile phone
* mobile reporting
* mobile service
* mobile speed bump
* mobile station
* mobile telephone
* mobile translation
* mobile virtual network operator
* mobile wad
* Muskmobile
* nonmobile
* s-mobile
* socially mobile
* upwardly mobile

#### 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) Ellipsis of mobile phone.
    Synonym: cell phone
** 2000, “Idioteque”, in Kid A, performed by Radiohead:Mobiles squerking, mobiles chirping / Take the money and run
* (uncountable, Internet) The internet accessed via mobile devices.
    there are many business opportunities in mobile
* One who moves or can move (e.g. to travel).
** 1963, Highway Research Record:[…] if the constrained "immobiles" are given the same transportation access as the unconstrained "mobiles". […] We concentrated on a mobile teenager population that had good public transportation or automobile access and a […]
** 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 […]
* (video games) Synonym of mob (“non-player character”)

#### Derived terms

* mobile-first

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: モバイル (mobairu)
* → Kurtöp: མོ་བའིལ (mobail)
* → Persian: موبایل (mobâil)

#### Translations
### Related terms

* mobility
* mobilization
* mobilize
* move

### Further reading

* “mobile”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “mobile”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →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: [ˈmobɪlɛ]

### Noun

mobile
* vocative singular of mobil

## Danish
### Adjective

mobile
* definite of mobil
* plural of mobil

## Finnish
### Etymology

< English mobile

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmobile/, [ˈmo̞bile̞] (nalle-type declension)
* IPA: /ˈmobileˣ/, [ˈmo̞bile̞(ʔ)] (hame-type declension)
* Rhymes: -obile
* Hyphenation: mo‧bi‧le

### Noun

mobile
* mobile (kinetic sculpture)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of mobile (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mobileni
mobileni
accusative
nom.
mobileni
mobileni
gen.
mobileni
genitive
mobileni
mobilejeni mobileini $^{rare}$
partitive
mobileani
mobilejani
inessive
mobilessani
mobileissani
elative
mobilestani
mobileistani
illative
mobileeni
mobileihini
adessive
mobilellani
mobileillani
ablative
mobileltani
mobileiltani
allative
mobilelleni
mobileilleni
essive
mobilenani
mobileinani
translative
mobilekseni
mobileikseni
abessive
mobilettani
mobileittani
instructive
comitative
—mobileineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mobilesi
mobilesi
accusative
nom.
mobilesi
mobilesi
gen.
mobilesi
genitive
mobilesi
mobilejesi mobileisi $^{rare}$
partitive
mobileasi
mobilejasi
inessive
mobilessasi
mobileissasi
elative
mobilestasi
mobileistasi
illative
mobileesi
mobileihisi
adessive
mobilellasi
mobileillasi
ablative
mobileltasi
mobileiltasi
allative
mobilellesi
mobileillesi
essive
mobilenasi
mobileinasi
translative
mobileksesi
mobileiksesi
abessive
mobilettasi
mobileittasi
instructive
comitative
—mobileinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mobilemme
mobilemme
accusative
nom.
mobilemme
mobilemme
gen.
mobilemme
genitive
mobilemme
mobilejemme mobileimme $^{rare}$
partitive
mobileamme
mobilejamme
inessive
mobilessamme
mobileissamme
elative
mobilestamme
mobileistamme
illative
mobileemme
mobileihimme
adessive
mobilellamme
mobileillamme
ablative
mobileltamme
mobileiltamme
allative
mobilellemme
mobileillemme
essive
mobilenamme
mobileinamme
translative
mobileksemme
mobileiksemme
abessive
mobilettamme
mobileittamme
instructive
comitative
—mobileinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mobilenne
mobilenne
accusative
nom.
mobilenne
mobilenne
gen.
mobilenne
genitive
mobilenne
mobilejenne mobileinne $^{rare}$
partitive
mobileanne
mobilejanne
inessive
mobilessanne
mobileissanne
elative
mobilestanne
mobileistanne
illative
mobileenne
mobileihinne
adessive
mobilellanne
mobileillanne
ablative
mobileltanne
mobileiltanne
allative
mobilellenne
mobileillenne
essive
mobilenanne
mobileinanne
translative
mobileksenne
mobileiksenne
abessive
mobilettanne
mobileittanne
instructive
comitative
—mobileinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mobilensa
mobilensa
accusative
nom.
mobilensa
mobilensa
gen.
mobilensa
genitive
mobilensa
mobilejensa mobileinsa $^{rare}$
partitive
mobileaan mobileansa
mobilejaan mobilejansa
inessive
mobilessaan mobilessansa
mobileissaan mobileissansa
elative
mobilestaan mobilestansa
mobileistaan mobileistansa
illative
mobileensa
mobileihinsa
adessive
mobilellaan mobilellansa
mobileillaan mobileillansa
ablative
mobileltaan mobileltansa
mobileiltaan mobileiltansa
allative
mobilelleen mobilellensa
mobileilleen mobileillensa
essive
mobilenaan mobilenansa
mobileinaan mobileinansa
translative
mobilekseen mobileksensa
mobileikseen mobileiksensa
abessive
mobilettaan mobilettansa
mobileittaan mobileittansa
instructive
comitative
—mobileineen mobileinensa :
Possessive forms of mobile (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mobileeni
mobileeni
accusative
nom.
mobileeni
mobileeni
gen.
mobileeni
genitive
mobileeni
mobileideni mobileitteni
partitive
mobilettani
mobileitani
inessive
mobileessani
mobileissani
elative
mobileestani
mobileistani
illative
mobileeseeni
mobileisiini mobileihini
adessive
mobileellani
mobileillani
ablative
mobileeltani
mobileiltani
allative
mobileelleni
mobileilleni
essive
mobileenani
mobileinani
translative
mobileekseni
mobileikseni
abessive
mobileettani
mobileittani
instructive
comitative
—mobileineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mobileesi
mobileesi
accusative
nom.
mobileesi
mobileesi
gen.
mobileesi
genitive
mobileesi
mobileidesi mobileittesi
partitive
mobilettasi
mobileitasi
inessive
mobileessasi
mobileissasi
elative
mobileestasi
mobileistasi
illative
mobileeseesi
mobileisiisi mobileihisi
adessive
mobileellasi
mobileillasi
ablative
mobileeltasi
mobileiltasi
allative
mobileellesi
mobileillesi
essive
mobileenasi
mobileinasi
translative
mobileeksesi
mobileiksesi
abessive
mobileettasi
mobileittasi
instructive
comitative
—mobileinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mobileemme
mobileemme
accusative
nom.
mobileemme
mobileemme
gen.
mobileemme
genitive
mobileemme
mobileidemme mobileittemme
partitive
mobilettamme
mobileitamme
inessive
mobileessamme
mobileissamme
elative
mobileestamme
mobileistamme
illative
mobileeseemme
mobileisiimme mobileihimme
adessive
mobileellamme
mobileillamme
ablative
mobileeltamme
mobileiltamme
allative
mobileellemme
mobileillemme
essive
mobileenamme
mobileinamme
translative
mobileeksemme
mobileiksemme
abessive
mobileettamme
mobileittamme
instructive
comitative
—mobileinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mobileenne
mobileenne
accusative
nom.
mobileenne
mobileenne
gen.
mobileenne
genitive
mobileenne
mobileidenne mobileittenne
partitive
mobilettanne
mobileitanne
inessive
mobileessanne
mobileissanne
elative
mobileestanne
mobileistanne
illative
mobileeseenne
mobileisiinne mobileihinne
adessive
mobileellanne
mobileillanne
ablative
mobileeltanne
mobileiltanne
allative
mobileellenne
mobileillenne
essive
mobileenanne
mobileinanne
translative
mobileeksenne
mobileiksenne
abessive
mobileettanne
mobileittanne
instructive
comitative
—mobileinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mobileensa
mobileensa
accusative
nom.
mobileensa
mobileensa
gen.
mobileensa
genitive
mobileensa
mobileidensa mobileittensa
partitive
mobilettaan mobilettansa
mobileitaan mobileitansa
inessive
mobileessaan mobileessansa
mobileissaan mobileissansa
elative
mobileestaan mobileestansa
mobileistaan mobileistansa
illative
mobileeseensa
mobileisiinsa mobileihinsa
adessive
mobileellaan mobileellansa
mobileillaan mobileillansa
ablative
mobileeltaan mobileeltansa
mobileiltaan mobileiltansa
allative
mobileelleen mobileellensa
mobileilleen mobileillensa
essive
mobileenaan mobileenansa
mobileinaan mobileinansa
translative
mobileekseen mobileeksensa
mobileikseen mobileiksensa
abessive
mobileettaan mobileettansa
mobileittaan mobileittansa
instructive
comitative
—mobileineen mobileinensa :

### Further reading

* “mobile”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## French
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mōbilis. Doublet of meuble.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɔ.bil/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

mobile (plural mobiles)
* mobile
* moving
* movable

#### Antonyms

* immobile

#### Derived terms

* fête mobile
* station mobile
* téléphone mobile

#### 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

* Audio:(file)

### 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: /ˈmɔ.bi.le/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔbile
* Hyphenation: mò‧bi‧le

### Adjective

mobile (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

* mobilia, mobilio
* mobiliare
* mobilificio
* mobilità
* mobilitare

### 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
* mòbile$^1$ in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

### Anagrams

* emboli

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈmoː.bi.le/, [ˈmoːbɪɫ̪ɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmo.bi.le/, [ˈmɔːbile]

### Adjective

mōbile
* nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of mōbilis

### References

* "mobile", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s 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