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Grammar : Adj
Spell : ih-moh-buh l, -beel
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmoʊ bəl, -bil

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Définition of immobile

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from Old French immoble "immovable, fixed, motionless," from Latin immobilis "immovable" (also, figuratively, "hard-hearted"), from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + mobilis (see mobile (adj.)). Hence, immobilism "policy of extreme conservatism" (1949, from French immobilisme).
  • adj motionless, fixed
Example sentences :
  • He addressed himself to the figure with the immobile, horrid face.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • But Khalid could sit there as immobile as the Boss himself, and he did so, billah!
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • And now, with the first touch of dawn, it was once more quiet, immobile.
  • Extract from : « The Planetoid of Peril » by Paul Ernst
  • They stood there, man and beast, framed by the pines, immobile and silent.
  • Extract from : « The Trimming of Goosie » by James Hopper
  • The Englishman's eyes danced, but otherwise his face was immobile.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
  • She gazed in a kind of stupor at the immobile face of the detective.
  • Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
  • The immobile Egyptian had brought him the opium, and had departed silently as before.
  • Extract from : « The Yellow Claw » by Sax Rohmer
  • A cat sat there on the hatch, expressionless and immobile in the gloom.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1915 » by Various
  • What face was this, strange, staring, immobile as a face carved in wood?
  • Extract from : « The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) » by Various
  • The old chief sat as immobile and dignified as a king in court.
  • Extract from : « Land of the Burnt Thigh » by Edith Eudora Kohl

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