-mobile
/məbiːl/
-mobile suffix: used to form nouns meaning a particular type of vehicle, particularly one to transport the person or thing described by the word to which the suffix is attached.
Suffix
-mobile (noun-forming suffix, plural -mobiles)
- Used to form nouns meaning a particular type of vehicle, particularly one to transport the person or thing described by the word to which the suffix is attached.
- I thought, if I had these two run their little skateboard hustle on Mrs. Kettleman, I could, you know, rescue her. […] But, it turns out, your lovely abuelita, she drives a car that's a whole lot like the Kettle-mobile.2015, Peter Gould, “Mijo” (12:44 from the start), in Better Call Saul, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk)
Forms of -mobile
| plural | -mobiles |
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Origin of -mobile
Back-formation from automobile.
Questions about -mobile
- What does -mobile mean?
- -mobile means used to form nouns meaning a particular type of vehicle, particularly one to transport the person or thing described by the word to which the suffix is attached.
- What part of speech is -mobile?
- -mobile is a suffix.
- How do you pronounce -mobile?
- -mobile is pronounced /məbiːl/.
Words near -mobile in the dictionary
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