different between immobile vs unmoving

English

Etymology

From Old French immobile, from Latin imm?bilis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

immobile (not comparable)

1. not mobile, not movable
2. fixed, unable to be moved

Synonyms

• fixed
• sessile (botany)
• unmovable

Antonyms

• mobile

Derived terms

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French

Etymology

From Old French immobile, from Latin imm?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.m?.bil/

Adjective

immobile (plural immobiles)

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

Related terms

Further reading

• “immobile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imm?bilis (“immobile, immovable”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

immobile (plural immobili)

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

Antonyms

• mobile

Derived terms

• immobilmente

Noun

immobile m (plural immobili)

1. real estate, immovable property, building, immovables

   Synonyms: bene immobile, proprietà, (building) edificio, casa, caseggiato, costruzione, palazzo, fabbricato

Related terms

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /im?mo?.bi.le/, [?m?mo?b????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im?mo.bi.le/, [im?m??bil?]

Adjective

imm?bile

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of imm?bilis

References

• immobile in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

English

Etymology

un- +? moving

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u?v??

Adjective

unmoving (comparative more unmoving, superlative most unmoving)

1. Not moving; still; static.
2. Not emotionally moving or rousing; failing to inspire the emotions.
   • 1996, Film Review

     A tale of gangland warfare and filial loyalty in the Glasgow of 1958, Small Faces is an enjoyable but strangely unmoving film.

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