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comestible
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French comestible, or its source, Medieval Latin comestibilis, from Latin comed? (“I eat”), from com- (English com-) + ed? (“I eat”) (as in English edible), from Proto-Indo-European (whence also English eat). Cognate with Spanish comestible (“grocery”).
Attested as adjective in late 15th century, from Middle French, but fell from use in the 17th century, thence reintroduced from Modern French in 19th century.
Corresponding terms in various Romance languages, more distant cognates include Portuguese and Spanish comida.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??m?st?bl?/
- (Received Pronunciation, also) IPA(key): /k??m?st?bl?/
- Hyphenation US: co?mes?ti?ble; UK: com?est?ible
Adjective
comestible (comparative more comestible, superlative most comestible)
- Suitable to be eaten; edible. [From 15th c.]
- 1536, Sir T. Elyot, Castell of Helth
- Some herbes are most comestible.
- 1972 March 6, Richard W. Langer, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme: Growing Your Own Fresh Herbs, New York, page 40,
- What with freeze-dried chives costing $96 a pound, and those snipped fresh for the omelette from the potted garden on the kitchen ledge almost free, the bountiful begonia has given way in many apartments to more comestible greenery.
- 1993, M. J. Trow, Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring, 2000, page 112,
- Lestrade raised his mug in a loyal toast while Lady Pauline saw to the more comestible sort for breakfast.
- 2007, Rene Simo, The Little Gringo: Love and Martyrdom in Cameroon, page 12,
- From the palm nut we derive palm oil, the most comestible oil in our country and in the whole of Africa.
- 1536, Sir T. Elyot, Castell of Helth
Usage notes
Relatively formal; edible is the usual term, while eatable is rather informal.
Synonyms
- (suitable to be eaten): eatable, edible, esculent
Coordinate terms
- drinkable, potable
Translations
Noun
comestible (plural comestibles)
- (chiefly in the plural) Anything that can be eaten; food. [From 19th c.]
- Synonyms: foodstuff, sustenance, victuals; see also Thesaurus:food
- 1986 February, Joan Fox, Restaurants: Just Like Mama Used to Cook, Cincinnati Magazine, page 116,
- Both serve up, with no fanfare, country comestibles.
- June 4th, 1989, “Pete Granger” (username), Hack Tutorial, Part 03/03, rec.games.hack:
- For instance, a food ration can be polymorphed into a carrot, a tripe ration, or any other comestible.
- 2003, Priscilla Boniface, Tasting Tourism: Travelling for Food and Drink, page 74,
- Precisely that, for example, homemade food, craft pottery, rough-hewn wood furniture, and consumption of comestibles in a barn, are not the usual daily experience is the reason it is fun, enticing and a contrast for a person when on holiday.
Usage notes
Rather formal; the simple term food is far more common. Similarly, the term beverage often serves as a formal equivalent of the more common drink. In both cases, the more elevated term (comestible, beverage) is of French origin, while the plain term (food, drink) is of Old English origin, and this stylistic difference by origin is common; see list of English words with dual French and Anglo-Saxon variations.
Coordinate terms
- beverage (relatively formal term for something intended to be drunk)
Translations
References
Asturian
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin comestibilis, from Latin comed? (“I eat”).
Adjective
comestible (epicene, plural comestibles)
- edible (that can be eaten without harm; suitable for consumption)
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin comestibilis, from Latin comed? (“I eat”).
Adjective
comestible (masculine and feminine plural comestibles)
- comestible
- Synonym: menjable
Antonyms
- immenjable
- incomestible
Noun
comestible m (plural comestibles)
- (in the plural) comestibles, edibles
Further reading
- “comestible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin comestibilis, from Latin comed? (“I eat”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
comestible (plural comestibles)
- comestible
- Synonym: mangeable
- Antonyms: immangeable, incomestible
Derived terms
Further reading
- “comestible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Alternative forms
- comestíbel
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin comestibilis, from Latin comed? (“I eat”).
Adjective
comestible m or f (plural comestibles)
- edible
Antonyms
- incomestible, incomestíbel
Noun
comestible m (plural comestibles)
- (usually in the plural) comestible, edible
Related terms
- comer
Further reading
- “comestible” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Occitan
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin comestibilis, from Latin comed? (“I eat”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
comestible m (feminine singular comestibla, masculine plural comestibles, feminine plural comestiblas)
- edible
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin comestibilis, from Latin comed? (“to eat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /komes?tible/, [ko.mes?t?i.??le]
Adjective
comestible (plural comestibles)
- edible, eatable, comestible
Noun
comestible m (plural comestibles)
- (chiefly in the plural) food, comestible
- grocery
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with comible.
Antonyms
- incomestible
Related terms
- comer
Further reading
- “comestible” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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mobile
English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin m?bilis (“easy to be moved, moveable”), from move? (“move”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m??ba?l/, /?m??b??l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?mo?b?l/, /?mo?bil/, /?mo?ba?l/, sculpture always IPA(key): /?mo?bil/
Adjective
mobile (comparative more mobile, superlative most mobile)
- Capable of being moved, especially on wheels.
- Antonyms: fixed, immobile, sessile, stationary
- Pertaining to or by agency of mobile phones.
- Characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom.
- Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle.
- Synonyms: excitable, fickle
- Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind.
- (biology) Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
mobile (plural mobiles)
- (art) A kinetic sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other.
- (telephony, Britain) Ellipsis of mobile phone
- Synonym: cell phone
- (uncountable, Internet) The internet accessed via mobile devices.
- Something that can move.
Translations
Related terms
Further reading
- mobile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- mobile in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- mobile at OneLook Dictionary Search
- mobile on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- mobile phone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- mobile (sculpture) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- bemoil, emboil, emboli
Danish
Adjective
mobile
- definite of mobil
- plural of mobil
Finnish
Etymology
< English mobile
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mobile/, [?mo?bile?] (nalle-type declension)
- IPA(key): /?mobile?/, [?mo?bile?(?)] (hame-type declension)
- Rhymes: -obile
- Syllabification: mo?bi?le
Noun
mobile
- mobile (kinetic sculpture)
Declension
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin m?bilis. Doublet of meuble.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?.bil/
Adjective
mobile (plural mobiles)
- mobile
- moving
- movable
Derived terms
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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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 m?bilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?.bi.le/
- Rhymes: -?bile
Adjective
mobile (plural mobili)
- movable, mobile
- Antonym: immobile
- moving
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
Anagrams
- emboli
Latin
Adjective
m?bile
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of m?bilis
References
- mobile in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
mobile
- definite singular of mobil
- plural of mobil
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
mobile
- definite singular of mobil
- plural of mobil
Swedish
Adjective
mobile
- absolute definite natural masculine form of mobil.
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