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 (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːl

Proper noun

Mobile

1. 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

Derived terms

• Mobile County
• Mobile terrapin

Anagrams

• bemoil, emboil, emboli

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːbilə/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Mobile n (strong, genitive Mobiles, plural Mobiles)

1. (art) mobile

Declension

Declension of Mobile [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	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