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owlet
English
Etymology
From owl +? -et. Compare howlet.
Noun
owlet (plural owlets)
- Diminutive of owl
- 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 51-54,[1]
- And in faith Sir unlesse your hospitalitie doe releeve us, wee are like to wander with a sorrowfull hey ho, among the owlets, & Hobgoblins of the Forrest […]
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act IV, Scene 1,[2]
- Adder’s fork and blind-worm’s sting,
- Lizard’s leg and owlet’s wing,
- For a charm of powerful trouble,
- Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
- 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Fears in Solitude, London: J. Johnson, pp. 4-5,[3]
- […] and bold with joy,
- Forth from his dark and lonely hiding-place
- (Portentous sight) the owlet, ATHEISM,
- Sailing on obscene wings athwart the noon,
- Drops his blue-fringed lids, and holds them close,
- And, hooting at the glorious sun in heaven,
- Cries out, “where is it?”
- 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 51-54,[1]
- A young owl; owling.
- One of a species of small owls, such as Athene noctua.
- An owlet moth.
Synonyms
- owling, howlet, houlet
Derived terms
- owlet moth (Noctuidae)
- long-whiskered owlet (Xenoglaux loweryi)
Translations
References
- owlet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Towle, towel
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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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