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massif
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French massif, from Middle French massif, from Latin massa, from Ancient Greek ???? (mâza, “barley-cake, lump (of dough)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mæ?si?f/, /?mæs?f/
- Rhymes: -i?f
Noun
massif (plural massifs)
- A principal mountain mass.
- A block of the earth's crust bounded by faults or flexures and displaced as a unit without internal change; normally consists of gneisses and schists
- 2011, John Jeremiah Sullivan, Pulphead:
- The southern borders of these states are keyed to the same horizontal projection, one surveyed by the frontier planter William Byrd in 1728, while the rivers forming their northern extents fall back just opposite each other from the flanks of the Appalachian massif.
- 2011, John Jeremiah Sullivan, Pulphead:
Translations
French
Etymology
masse (“mass”) +? -if
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.sif/
Noun
massif m (plural massifs)
- massif
Adjective
massif (feminine singular massive, masculine plural massifs, feminine plural massives)
- massive
Derived terms
- arme de destruction massive
- cours en ligne ouvert et massif
- nom massif
Further reading
- “massif” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Alternative forms
- massiff, massiffe, massyf
Etymology
From Middle French massif; equivalent to mass +? -if.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?masif/
Adjective
massif
- (Late Middle English) weighty, massy, weighing very much.
- (Late Middle English, rare) massive, huge, enormous.
- (Late Middle English, rare) not sharp, unsharpened, coarse.
Related terms
- massy
Descendants
- English: massive
- Scots: massive (obsolete)
References
- “mass??f, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.
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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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