meuble

See also: meublé

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mōbilis (“that which can be moved”), used in juridical Latin to refer to movable possessions, the antonym being immōbilis (> French immeuble (“building”)), used to refer to immovable possessions. Doublet of mobile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mœbl/

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Noun

meuble m (plural meubles)

1. piece of furniture
2. (heraldry) charge
3. (law) piece of personal property

Derived terms

• immeuble
• meubler
• sauver les meubles
• meuble héraldique

Descendants

• → Danish: møbel
• → Dutch: meubel
• → German: Möbel
• → Norwegian Bokmål: møbel
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: møbel
• → Polish: mebel
  • → Russian: ме́бель (mébelʹ)
    • → Ingrian: meebeli
    • → Turkmen: mebel
    • → Uzbek: mebel
• → Spanish: mueble
• → Swedish: möbel
• → Yiddish: מעבל (mebl)

Adjective

meuble (plural meubles)

1. soft, pliable, malleable

Synonyms

• (soft): mou
• (malleable): malléable

Verb

meuble

1. inflection of meubler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “meuble”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology

From Latin mōbilis (“movable”).

Noun

meuble m (plural meubles)

1. (Guernsey) piece of furniture