immobile

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English

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Etymology

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From Old French immobile, from Latin immōbilis, equivalent to im- +‎ mobile.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈməʊ.baɪl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɪˈmoʊ.bəl/
  • (obsolete) IPA(key): /ɪˈmɒ.bɪl/[1]
  • Audio (US):(file)

Adjective

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immobile (not comparable)

  1. Fixed, not movable.
    Synonyms: immovable, fixed, sessile, stationary
    Antonyms: movable, mobile
    • 2014, Lewis Johnson, Mobility and Fantasy in Visual Culture[2]:
      This figure, immobile and static in his heaviness, was assumed to be deeply asleep and therefore to introduce a note of humorous anecdotality to what should have been a tragic scene.

Noun

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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

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

French

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Etymology

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

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immobile (plural immobiles)

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

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin immōbilis (immobile, immovable).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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immobile (plural immobili)

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

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Noun

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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

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immōbile

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of immōbilis

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