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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))

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Singular
stable

Plural
stables

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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Infinitive
to stable

Third person singular
stables

Simple past
stabled

Past participle
stabled

Present participle
stabling

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)

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From Latin stabilis (itself from stare (stand) + -abilis (able))

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

Positive
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)

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