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English

Alternative forms

• gummie
• gummy

Etymology

From German Gummi (“brand name of German candy”), from Gummi (“India rubber”).

Noun

gummi (countable and uncountable, plural gummis)

1. A sugary, gelatinous material used to make candies.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:gummi.
2. A candy made of this material.

Translations

Derived terms

• gummi bear
• gummi worm

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish gumi, borrowed from Late Latin gumma, from Latin cummi, gummi, from Ancient Greek ????? (kómmi), from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mi/, [????mi]

Noun

gummi n or c (singular definite gummiet or gummien)

1. (uncountable) rubber (pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree)
2. (uncountable) gum (sticky substance exuded by certain plants)
3. (informal, countable) rubber (condom) n

Inflection

Synonyms

• (condom): kondom

Further reading

• gummi on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Latin

Alternative forms

• gummis
• commis
• cummi
• commi

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (kómmi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /??um.mi/, [???m??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /??um.mi/, [??um?i]

Noun

gummi n (indeclinable)

1. Alternative form of cummis (“gum”)

References

• gummi in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cummi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?kum?mi?/

Noun

gum?mi

1. eraser

Inflection

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

gummi m (definite singular gummien, indefinite plural gummier, definite plural gummiene)

1. rubber
2. gum (e.g. chewing gum)

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gummi m (definite singular gummien, indefinite plural gummiar, definite plural gummiane)

1. rubber
2. gum (e.g. chewing gum)

Derived terms

Swedish

Noun

gummi n

1. (uncountable) rubber, an elastic material
2. (slang) condom

   Synonyms: (neutral) kondom, kådis

3. (Southern) eraser; something used to remove (pencil) markings

   Synonyms: suddgummi, radergummi, (very rare) kautschuk

Declension

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)

1. Capable of being moved, especially on wheels.

   Antonyms: fixed, immobile, sessile, stationary

2. Pertaining to or by agency of mobile phones.
3. Characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom.

4. Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle.

   Synonyms: excitable, fickle

5. Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind.

6. (biology) Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

mobile (plural mobiles)

2. (art) A kinetic sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other.
4. (telephony, Britain) Ellipsis of mobile phone

   Synonym: cell phone
5. (uncountable, Internet) The internet accessed via mobile devices.

6. 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

1. definite of mobil
2. 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

1. mobile (kinetic sculpture)

Declension

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin m?bilis. Doublet of meuble.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.bil/

Adjective

mobile (plural mobiles)

1. mobile
2. moving
3. movable

Derived terms

Noun

mobile m (plural mobiles)

1. (physics) moving body
2. mobile (decoration)
3. motive (for an action, for a crime)
4. 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

1. inflection of mobil:
   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

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin m?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.bi.le/
• Rhymes: -?bile

Adjective

mobile (plural mobili)

1. movable, mobile

   Antonym: immobile

2. moving

Noun

mobile m (plural mobili)

1. (in the singular) piece of furniture (item of furniture)
2. (in the plural) furniture

   Synonyms: mobilia, mobilio, arredamento

3. (heraldry) charge
4. mobile (cellular phone)

   Synonyms: cellulare, telefonino

   Antonym: fisso

Related terms

Anagrams

• emboli

Latin

Adjective

m?bile

1. 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

1. definite singular of mobil
2. plural of mobil

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

mobile

1. definite singular of mobil
2. plural of mobil

Swedish

Adjective

mobile

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of mobil.