sessile

Meaning

1. (not-comparable) Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about.
2. (not-comparable) Attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; stalkless.

Opposite of

mobile, motile, vagile, immobile

Synonyms

stalkless

sedentary

sitting

stemless

acaulescent

bodyless

Translations

sèssil

sésil

sessile

sessile

άμισχος

séssil

sesil

مثبّت مباشرةً بالقاعدة

yerleşmiş

festgewachsen

stiellos

ungestielt

imóvel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɛsaɪl/

Etymology

From Latin sessilis (“sitting”), from sessus, perfect passive participle of verb sedeō (“to sit”), + adjective suffix -ilis. Compare session.