mob

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• Received-Pronunciation: mŏb
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• Received-Pronunciation: /mɒb/
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• General-American: mŏb
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• General-American: /mɑb/
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• rhymes with -ɒb
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• CMU ARPABET: M AA1 B Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From the common noun sense, capitalized and used as a proper name.

From Middle English mob, short for mobile, from Latin mōbile (vulgus) (“fickle (crowd)”).

Alteration of mab.

Clipping of mobile. The video-gaming sense is sometimes reported as an abbreviation of man or beast or of mobile object, but these are backronyms.

139 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: turmë — unruly group of people
• Bulgarian: тълпа (tǎlpa) — unruly group of people
• Burmese: အပြိန်း (a.prin:) — unruly group of people
• Chinese Mandarin: 暴民 (bàomín) — unruly group of people
• Chinese Mandarin: 烏合之眾 /乌合之众 (wūhézhlzhòng) — unruly group of people
• Czech: dav — unruly group of people
• Dutch: menigte — unruly group of people
• Dutch: massa — unruly group of people
• Esperanto: svarmo — unruly group of people
• Esperanto: kanajlaro — unruly group of people
• Esperanto: amaso — unruly group of people
• Esperanto: homamaso — unruly group of people
• Finnish: lauma — unruly group of people
• Finnish: väkijoukko — unruly group of people
• French: troupeau — unruly group of people
• French: cohue — unruly group of people
• French: foule — unruly group of people
• Galician: gandaiada — unruly group of people
• Galician: chusma — unruly group of people
• Galician: tropa — unruly group of people
• Galician: turba — unruly group of people
• Georgian: ბრბო (brbo) — unruly group of people
• German: Pöbel — unruly group of people
• German: Meute — unruly group of people
• German: Horde — unruly group of people
• German: Zusammenrottung — unruly group of people
• Greek: όχλος (óchlos) — unruly group of people
• Greek: σκυλολόι (skylolói) — unruly group of people
• Hebrew: המון (hamón) — unruly group of people
• Hungarian: csőcselék — unruly group of people
• Icelandic: múgur — unruly group of people
• Icelandic: skríll — unruly group of people
• Ido: turbacho — unruly group of people
• Italian: folla — unruly group of people
• Italian: teppaglia — unruly group of people
• Italian: accozzaglia — unruly group of people
• Italian: schiera — unruly group of people
• Italian: stuolo — unruly group of people
• Italian: branco — unruly group of people
• Italian: fiumana — unruly group of people
• Italian: torma — unruly group of people
• Japanese: 暴徒 (bōto) — unruly group of people
• Lao: ຝູງຊົນ (fūng son) — unruly group of people
• Lao: ບໍລິສັດ (bǭ li sat) — unruly group of people
• Latin: popellus — unruly group of people
• Latin: turba — unruly group of people
• Macedonian: толпа (tolpa) — unruly group of people
• Plautdietsch: Menj — unruly group of people
• Polish: banda — unruly group of people
• Polish: zgraja — unruly group of people
• Polish: motłoch — unruly group of people
• Polish: tłuszcza — unruly group of people
• Portuguese: multidão — unruly group of people
• Portuguese: turba — unruly group of people
• Russian: толпа́ (tolpá) — unruly group of people
• Russian: сброд (sbrod) — unruly group of people
• Russian: ша́йка (šájka) — unruly group of people
• Russian: ба́нда (bánda) — unruly group of people
• Scottish Gaelic: gràisg — unruly group of people
• Shan: ၸုမ်းၵူၼ်း (tsúm kúun) — unruly group of people
• Spanish: turba — unruly group of people
• Spanish: tropel — unruly group of people
• Spanish: germanía — unruly group of people
• Spanish: marabunta — unruly group of people
• Spanish: caterva — unruly group of people
• Spanish: maremágnum — unruly group of people
• Spanish: patulea — unruly group of people
• Spanish: picanterío — unruly group of people
• Spanish: populacho — unruly group of people
• Spanish: poblada — unruly group of people
• Spanish: trulla — unruly group of people
• Swedish: mobb — unruly group of people
• Thai: ม็อบ (mɔ́p) — unruly group of people
• Thai: ฝูงชน (fǔung-chon) — unruly group of people
• Turkish: ayaktakımı — unruly group of people
• Yiddish: המון (hamóyn) — unruly group of people
• Yiddish: אויפֿגעלאַף (óyfgelaf) — unruly group of people
• Yiddish: אָנגעלאַף (óngelaf) — unruly group of people
• Czech: stádo — group of animals
• Dutch: kudde — group of animals
• Finnish: lauma — group of animals
• Galician: rabaño — group of animals
• Galician: magote — group of animals
• Galician: tagallo — group of animals
• Galician: grea — group of animals
• Galician: benza — group of animals
• Galician: armentío — group of animals
• Galician: mancoalla — group of animals
• Galician: beceira — group of animals
• Galician: avenza — group of animals
• German: Herde — group of animals
• Greek: όχλος (óchlos) — group of animals
• Italian: branco — group of animals
• Japanese: 群れ (mure) — group of animals
• Māori: māpu — group of animals
• Russian: ста́до (stádo) — group of animals
• Spanish: rebaño — group of animals
• Spanish: ganado — group of animals
• Volapük: kangurem — group of animals
• Volapük: jevodem — group of animals
• Volapük: bubem — group of animals
• Bulgarian: простолюдие (prostoljudie) — the lower classes of a community
• Catalan: xusma — the lower classes of a community
• Catalan: xurma — the lower classes of a community
• Czech: chátra — the lower classes of a community
• Esperanto: popolamaso — the lower classes of a community
• Esperanto: plebo — the lower classes of a community
• Galician: xentualla — the lower classes of a community
• Galician: xentalla — the lower classes of a community
• Galician: gandallada — the lower classes of a community
• Galician: chouma — the lower classes of a community
• Galician: gafullada — the lower classes of a community
• Galician: gafualla — the lower classes of a community
• Galician: cazualla — the lower classes of a community
• Galician: morralla — the lower classes of a community
• Galician: gurrufalla — the lower classes of a community
• Galician: zurrumalla — the lower classes of a community
• Galician: colimalla — the lower classes of a community
• Ancient Greek: συρφετός (surphetós) — the lower classes of a community
• Latin: popellus — the lower classes of a community
• Polish: motłoch — the lower classes of a community
• Portuguese: gentalha — the lower classes of a community
• Russian: чернь (černʹ) — the lower classes of a community
• Spanish: chusma — the lower classes of a community
• Spanish: gleba — the lower classes of a community
• Spanish: gentuza — the lower classes of a community
• Spanish: bahorrina — the lower classes of a community
• Bulgarian: обкръжавам (obkrǎžavam) — to crowd around a person
• Dutch: omgeven — to crowd around a person
• Finnish: piirittää — to crowd around a person
• Greek: στριμώχνω (strimóchno) — to crowd around a person
• Spanish: rodear — to crowd around a person
• Spanish: amontonarse alrededor de — to crowd around a person
• Bulgarian: тълпя се (tǎlpja se) — to crowd into or around something
• Finnish: tunkea — to crowd into or around something
• Finnish: tungeksia — to crowd into or around something
• Māori: popō — to crowd into or around something
• Māori: mui — to crowd into or around something
• Māori: tāmuimui — to crowd into or around something