Standard Lemma guide

immobile

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɪˈməʊ.baɪl/
  • US: /ɪˈmoʊ.bəl/
  • obsolete: /ɪˈmɒ.bɪl/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 M OW1 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: IH2 M OW1 B AY2 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 3: IH2 M OW1 B IY2 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Fixed, not movable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: immovable, fixed, sessile

Antonyms: movable, mobile, ambulatory, animate, kinetic, motile, motive, vagile

2

noun

Meaning 2

One who does not or cannot move (e.g. to travel or live elsewhere).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inactive, nonmover

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

not capable of movement or of being moved

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: mobile

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

securely fixed in place

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the post was still firm after being hit by the car

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fast, firm

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: անշարժ (anšarž) — not mobile
  • Belarusian: нерухо́мы (njeruxómy) — not mobile
  • Bulgarian: недви́жим (nedvížim) — not mobile
  • Bulgarian: неподви́жен (nepodvížen) — not mobile
  • Catalan: immoble — not mobile
  • Catalan: immòbil — not mobile
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不動 /不动 (bùdòng) — not mobile
  • Czech: nehybný — not mobile
  • Dutch: bewegingsloos — not mobile
  • Esperanto: senmova — not mobile
  • French: immobile — not mobile
  • Galician: inmóbil — not mobile
  • Georgian: უძრავი (uʒravi) — not mobile
  • German: unbeweglich — not mobile
  • German: immobil — not mobile
  • Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌸𐍃 (ungawagiþs) — not mobile
  • Greek: ακίνητος (akínitos) — not mobile
  • Hindi: स्थिर (sthir) — not mobile
  • Hindi: ध्रुव (dhruv) — not mobile
  • Hindi: गतिहीन (gatihīn) — not mobile
  • Hindi: अचल (acal) — not mobile
  • Hungarian: mozdulatlan — not mobile
  • Italian: immobile — not mobile
  • Japanese: 揺るぎない (yuruginai) — not mobile
  • Japanese: 不動の (fudō no) — not mobile
  • Korean: 부동의 (budong'ui) — not mobile
  • Korean: 움직이지 않다 (umjigiji anta) — not mobile
  • Latin: immōbilis — not mobile
  • Macedonian: неподвижен (nepodvižen) — not mobile
  • Manx: neuchorragh — not mobile
  • Māori: whakaroau — not mobile
  • Polish: nieruchomy — not mobile
  • Portuguese: imóvel — not mobile
  • Portuguese: imóbil — not mobile
  • Russian: неподви́жный (nepodvížnyj) — not mobile
  • Serbo-Croatian: не̏покре̄тан — not mobile
  • Serbo-Croatian: nȅpokrētan — not mobile
  • Slovak: nehybný — not mobile
  • Slovak: imobilný — not mobile
  • Slovene: nepremičen — not mobile
  • Spanish: inmóvil — not mobile
  • Turkish: hareketsiz — not mobile
  • Ottoman Turkish: حركتسز (hareketsiz) — not mobile
  • Ukrainian: нерухо́мий (neruxómyj) — not mobile