mobilier

/mɔ.bi.lje/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
mobiliers

Meaning

  1. furniture (collectively, e.g. a room's full set)

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: place. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: mass. Scope: individual.

Usage notes

Collective noun for furniture as a set -- the word you'd use for "the furniture" in a room or a house sale listing. Avoid confusing it with "meublé" (furnished, an adjective) -- unrelated sense despite the similar spelling.

Practice

1 What does mobilier mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ du salon est très moderne.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches mobilier?

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