immeuble
French
Etymology
From Old French immeuble/immoble, borrowed from Latin immobilis (“that which is immovable”) but adapted to the ending of meuble (“furniture”), inherited from the Latin antonym mobilis (“that which is movable”). The two terms constituted a recurrent pair in juridical Latin. Doublet of immobile.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.mœbl/
Audio (un immeuble) (file)
Noun
immeuble m (plural immeubles)
- building
- (living arrangements) apartment building
- (law) piece of real property, piece of real estate
Antonyms
- meuble (law)
Related terms
- immobilier
Further reading
- “immeuble”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.