noun, masculine/mœbl/plural: meubles
piece of furniture; charge; piece of personal property
Inherited from Latin mōbilis (“that which can be moved”), used in juridical Latin to refer to movable possessions, the antonym being immōbilis (> French immeuble (“building”)), used to refer to immovable possessions (i.e. real estate). Doublet of mobile.
adjective/mœbl/
soft, pliable, malleable; personal, movable (of property, as opposed to real estate)
Inherited from Latin mōbilis (“that which can be moved”), used in juridical Latin to refer to movable possessions, the antonym being immōbilis (> French immeuble (“building”)), used to refer to immovable possessions (i.e. real estate). Doublet of mobile.