moble

English

Etymology

Frequentative mob +‎ -le.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈməʊbəl/

Verb

moble (third-person singular simple present mobles, present participle mobling, simple past and past participle mobled)

1. (transitive) To muffle or wrap someone's head or face (normally with up).
   • 1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun:

     She was all mobled up at the window, her tawniness flat and dull in this snowlight, and I felt pity.

   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

     But who, O who, had seen the mobled Queen.

Anagrams

• Blome, Lembo, bemol, embol-, Bloem

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan moble, from Latin mobilem, used in juridical contexts to refer to movable possessions. Compare Occitan mòble, French meuble, Spanish mueble. Doublet of mòbil, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɔb.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmɔ.ble]

Noun

moble m (plural mobles)

1. piece of furniture
2. (heraldry) charge

Derived terms

• moblista

Related terms

• immoble
• mòbil
• mobiliari

Adjective

moble m or f (masculine and feminine plural mobles)

1. (economics, law) movable (of property, as opposed to real estate)

Further reading

• “moble” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “moble”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “moble” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “moble” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.