mobile
[ moh-buh l, -beel or, esp. British, -bahyl ]
/ ˈmoʊ bəl, -bil or, esp. British, -baɪl /
adjective
noun
Origin of mobile
OTHER WORDS FROM mobile
non·mo·bile, adjective sem·i·mo·bile, adjective un·mo·bile, adjectiveWords nearby mobile
mobcast,
mobe,
mobe pearl,
moberly,
mobie,
mobile,
mobile bay,
mobile command,
mobile device,
mobile home,
mobile library
Definition for mobile (2 of 4)
Mobile
[ moh-beel, moh-beel ]
/ moʊˈbil, ˈmoʊ bil /
noun
a seaport in SW Alabama at the mouth of the Mobile River.
a river in SW Alabama, formed by the confluence of the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers. 38 miles (61 km) long.
Definition for mobile (3 of 4)
-mobile
a combining form extracted from automobile, occurring as the final element in compounds denoting specialized types of motorized conveyances: snowmobile; especially productive in coinages naming vehicles equipped to procure or deliver objects, provide services, etc., to people without regular access to these: bloodmobile; bookmobile; clubmobile; jazzmobile.
Definition for mobile (4 of 4)
primum mobile
[ pree-moo m moh-bi-le; English prahy-muh m mob-uh-lee, pree- ]
/ ˈpri mʊm ˈmoʊ bɪˌlɛ; English ˈpraɪ məm ˈmɒb əˌli, ˈpri- /
noun Latin.
(in Ptolemaic astronomy) the outermost of the 10 concentric spheres of the universe, making a complete revolution every 24 hours and causing all the others to do likewise.
Origin of primum mobile
literally, first moving (thing)
Example sentences from the Web for mobile
British Dictionary definitions for mobile (1 of 4)
mobile
/ (ˈməʊbaɪl) /
adjective
noun
- a sculpture suspended in midair with delicately balanced parts that are set in motion by air currents
- (as modifier)mobile sculpture Compare stabile
short for mobile phone
Word Origin for mobile
C15: via Old French from Latin
mōbilis, from
movēre to move
British Dictionary definitions for mobile (2 of 4)
Mobile
/ (ˈməʊbiːl, məʊˈbiːl) /
noun
a port in SW Alabama, on Mobile Bay (an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico): the state's only port and its first permanent settlement, made by French colonists in 1711. Pop: 193 464 (2003 est)
British Dictionary definitions for mobile (3 of 4)
-mobile
/ (məʊˌbiːl) /
suffix forming nouns
indicating a vehicle designed for a particular person or purpose
Popemobile
British Dictionary definitions for mobile (4 of 4)
primum mobile
/ Latin (ˈpraɪmʊm ˈməʊbɪlɪ) /
noun
a prime mover
astronomy
the outermost empty sphere in the Ptolemaic system that was thought to revolve around the earth from east to west in 24 hours carrying with it the inner spheres of the planets, sun, moon, and fixed stars
Word Origin for primum mobile
C15: from Medieval Latin: first moving (thing)
Cultural definitions for mobile
mobile
A sculpture made up of suspended shapes that move.
notes for mobile
Alexander
Calder, a twentieth-century American sculptor, is known for his mobiles.