Meanings
popemobile1
nounpopemobile (plural popemobiles)
plural popemobiles
- alternativeAlternative form of Popemobile.
1 more example
Even before the pontiff’s arrival in the United States on Tuesday, the Pequeños had gathered outside the Vatican Embassy, singing and dancing with other followers of their exuberant early Christianity movement, the Neocatechumenal Way. They waited for hours on Wednesday in a crush of admirers along Pennsylvania Avenue to catch a glimpse of his passing popemobile.
2008 April 18, Ralph Blumenthal, “Glimpses of the Pope Fill Pilgrims With Emotion”, in New York Times
Popemobile2
nounPopemobile (plural Popemobiles)
plural Popemobiles
- informalAny of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope through crowds safely while allowing an open view.
Origin
- Italianpapamobile
- EnglishPopemobile
From pope + -mobile. Calque of Italian papamobile.
More words from Italian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans pousmobiel
- pousmobielany of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
Catalan papamòbil
- papamòbilany of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
Chinese Mandarin 教宗座驾
- 教宗座驾 (jiàozōng zuòjià)any of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
Czech papamobil
- papamobilany of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
Danish pavemobil
- pavemobilany of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
Dutch pausmobiel
- pausmobielany of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
Esperanto papamobilo
- papamobiloany of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
Finnish paavimobiili
- paavimobiiliany of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
French papamobile
- papamobileany of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
German Papamobil
- Papamobilany of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
Greek παποκίνητο, παπικό όχημα
- παποκίνητο (papokínito)any of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
- παπικό όχημα (papikó óchima)any of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
- ειδικό όχημα μεταφοράς του πάπα (eidikó óchima metaforás tou pápa)any of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
Hebrew פופמוביל
- פופמובילany of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
Indonesian Mobil Paus
- Mobil Pausany of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
Italian papamobile
- papamobileany of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
Japanese パパモビル
- パパモビル (Papamobiru)any of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
Korean 교황 전용차
- 교황 전용차 (gyohwang jeonyongcha)any of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
Latin papocinetum
- papocinetumany of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
Lithuanian papamobilis
- papamobilisany of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
Norwegian Bokmål popemobile
- popemobileany of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
Polish papamobile
- papamobileany of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
Portuguese papamóvel
- papamóvelany of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
Romanian papamobil
- papamobilany of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
Russian папамоби́ль
- папамоби́ль (papamobílʹ)any of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
Spanish papamóvil
- papamóvilany of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
Swedish popemobile, påvemobil
- popemobileany of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
- påvemobilany of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
Ukrainian папамобіль
- папамобіль (papamobilʹ)any of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope
Cite this entry
APA
popemobile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/popemobile
MLA
“popemobile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/popemobile. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “popemobile,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/popemobile.
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