How to pronounce mobile
American English pronunciation
MOH-beel
- IPA
- /ˈmoʊbil/
- Syllables
- MOH · beel (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What mobile means
Most people know mobile in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A hanging sculpture with moving parts
In a sentence: A mobile of paper birds turned slowly above the baby's crib.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Latin mobilis, meaning easy to move, from movere, to move. The hanging art was named for its parts that move freely in the air.
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