mobile
French, noun/mɔ.bil/
mobile is spelled M-O-B-I-L-E (6 letters) and appears 40 times per million words in written French, the 2,074th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mobile is a French masculine noun meaning “moving body” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Agent de la garde mobile”.
What does mobile mean in English?
adjective
- 1
mobile
- 2
moving
- 3
movable
noun
- 1
masculinemoving body
- 2
masculinemobile (decoration)
- 3
masculinemotive (for an action, for a crime)
- 4
masculinemobile phone; ellipsis of téléphone mobile
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se meut ou qui peut être mû ; qui n’est pas fixe. 2. Qui change facilement. 3. Conçu pour les appareils mobiles.
noun: 1. Agent de la garde mobile. 2. Corps susceptible d’être mis en mouvement. Point ou objet qui se déplace ou en a la possibilité. 3. Roue ou autre pièce du mouvement d’une montre ou d’une pendule, qui tourne sur son pivot. 4. Ce qui pousse à agir ; ce qui excite à faire quelque chose.
suffix: 1. Suffixe désignant un véhicule en mouvement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mobile
- mobiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mobile?
- /mɔ.bil/
- \mɔ.bil\
- [mɔ.bil]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mobile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mobile in French?
mobile appears 40 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).