stable

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2.2 Related terms 1.2.2.3 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Adjective 1.3.1.1 Translations 2 French 2.1 Adjective 2.1.1 Antonyms 2.1.2 Related terms

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[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsteɪ.bəl/, SAMPA: /"stEi.b@l/

  Rhymes: -eɪbəl

[edit] Etymology 1

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Middle English from Old French estable from Romanian stabula & Latin stabulum (“‘stare, stand’”)
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Middle English from Template:etly; Old French estable from Latin stabilis (itself from stare (“‘stand’”) + -abilis (“‘able’”))

[edit] Noun

stable (plural stables)

1. A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses
2. (metonymy) all the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.

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to stable (third-person singular simple present stables, present participle stabling, simple past and past participle stabled)

1. (transitive) to put or keep (horse) in a stable.
2. (rail transport, transitive) to park (a rail vehicle)

[edit] Derived terms

• (rail transport): outstable

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• stabled
• stabler
• stable-boy
• stable-hand

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Latin stabilis (itself from stare (“‘stand’”) + -abilis (“‘able’”))

[edit] Adjective

stable (comparative stabler or more stable, superlative stablest or most stable)

1. Relatively unchanging, permanent; firmly fixed or established, not easily to be moved, changed, unbalanced, destroyed or altered in value.

He was in a stable relationship.

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stable (epicene, plural stables)

1. stable (all senses)

[edit] Antonyms

• instable

[edit] Related terms

• stabiliser
• stabilité