immovable

English

Alternative forms

• immoveable

Etymology

From Middle English immevable, immoveable. Equivalent to im- +‎ movable.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪˈmuːvəb(ə)l/

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Adjective

immovable (comparative more immovable, superlative most immovable)

1. incapable of being physically moved; fixed
2. steadfast in purpose or intention; unalterable, unyielding
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 101:

     I pleaded with him not to resign, but he was immovable.

3. not capable of being affected or moved in feeling; impassive
   • 1690, [John] Dryden, “To the Right Honourable Philip Earl of Leycester, &c.”, in Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):

     How much happier is he […] who ent'ring on himself remains immovable, and smiles at the madness of the Dance

4. (law) not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed

   an immovable estate

Antonyms

• movable

Derived terms

• immovable property

Related terms

• unmovable
• unmoveable

 

Translations

incapable of being physically moved

• Armenian: անշարժ (hy) (anšarž)
• Bulgarian: неподвижен (bg) (nepodvižen), стационерен (stacioneren)
• Esperanto: nemovebla
• Finnish: kiinteä (fi)
• German: unbeweglich (de)
• Greek: αμετατόπιστος (el) (ametatópistos)

  Ancient: ἀκίνητος (akínētos)

• Hindi: अचल (hi) (acal), स्थिर (hi) (sthir)
• Hungarian: mozdíthatatlan (hu)
• Irish: anscuithe
• Latin: immōbilis (la)
• Maori: whakawhenua
• Romanian: imobil (ro), nemișcat (ro) m
• Spanish: inmovible (es), inamovible (es)
• Tagalog: biyong
• Telugu: స్థిరమైన (te) (sthiramaina)

steadfast

• Armenian: անշարժ (hy) (anšarž)
• Bulgarian: постоянен (bg) (postojanen)
• Finnish: järkähtämätön
• German: unbeweglich (de)
• Hindi: अडिग (aḍig), दृढ़ (hi) (dŕṛh)
• Latin: fixus
• Romanian: ferm (ro), fix (ro), neclintit (ro)

impassive

• Finnish: tunteeton (fi)
• Romanian: impasiv, netulburat (ro)

(law) not liable to be removed

• Bulgarian: недвижим (bg) (nedvižim)

Noun

immovable (plural immovables)

1. that which can not be moved; something which is immovable

Translations

That which can not be moved; something which is immovable

• Bulgarian: недвижимост (bg) f (nedvižimost)
• French: immeuble (fr) m
• Macedonian: недви́жнина f (nedvížnina), не́движност f (nédvižnost)
• Romanian: bunuri imobiliare n pl, imobil (ro) n
• Russian: недви́жимость (ru) f (nedvížimostʹ)

References

• “immovable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.