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immobile

/ɪˈməʊ.baɪl/ UK
/ɪˈmoʊ.bəl/ US
/ɪˈmɒ.bɪl/ obsolete

Where it comes from

From Old French immobile, from Latin immōbilis, equivalent to im- + mobile.

adjective

not comparable Fixed, not movable. This figure, immobile and static in his heaviness, was assumed to be deeply asleep and therefore to introduce a note of humorous anecdotality to what should have been a tragic scene.
Similar: immovable, fixed, sessile, immobile, immotile, inanimate, inert, lifeless, static, rigid, stationary, stuck · Opposite: movable, mobile, ambulatory, animate, kinetic, motile, motive, vagile

Opposite: movable

noun immobiles

One who does not or cannot move (e.g. to travel or live elsewhere). […] if the constrained "immobiles" are given the same transportation access as the unconstrained "mobiles" […]
Similar: inactive, nonmover

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adjective

Opposite: movable

Translations

Every language

noun not mobile

Español	inmóvil
한국어	부동의 budong'ui, 움직이지 않다 umjigiji anta
日本語	揺るぎない yuruginai, 不動の fudō no
中文	不動 /不动 bùdòng
हिन्दी	स्थिर sthir, ध्रुव dhruv, गतिहीन gatihīn, अचल acal
Português	imóvel, imóbil
Français	immobile
Deutsch	unbeweglich, immobil
Italiano	immobile
Ελληνικά	ακίνητος akínitos
Русский	неподви́жный nepodvížnyj

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@misc{immobile_2026,
  title = {immobile},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/immobile},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}