Mobile
See also: mobile and -mobile
English
Etymology
From the name of (Mobile Bay, from the name of) the Mobile tribe, perhaps from the name of a Native town somewhere in what is now central Alabama, various spelled Mabila or Maubila.
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: mōbēlʹ, mōʹbēl, IPA(key): /moʊˈbiːl/, /ˈmoʊbiːl/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /məʊˈbiːl/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -iːl
Proper noun
Mobile
- A city, the county seat of Mobile County, in southwestern Alabama.
- 1966, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again”, in Blonde on Blonde:
- Oh, Mama / Is this really the end? / To be stuck here inside of Mobile / With the Memphis blues again
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Derived terms
- Mobile County
Anagrams
- bemoil, emboil, emboli
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmoːbilə/
Audio (file)
Noun
Mobile n (strong, genitive Mobiles, plural Mobiles)
- (art) mobile
Declension
Declension of Mobile [neuter, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das | Mobile | die | Mobiles |
genitive | eines | des | Mobiles | der | Mobiles |
dative | einem | dem | Mobile | den | Mobiles |
accusative | ein | das | Mobile | die | Mobiles |
Further reading
- “Mobile” in Duden online
- Mobile (Kunst) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Mobile” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache