establir

Catalan

Etymology

From , from Latin stabilīre, present active infinitive of stabiliō. Cognates include Occitan establir, French établir and Italian stabilire.

Verb

establir (first-person singular present estableixo, first-person singular preterite establí, past participle establert or establit)

1. to establish
2. to ascertain

Synonyms

• basar
• fonamentar

Derived terms

• establiment
• restablir

Further reading

• “establir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “establir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “establir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “establir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan establir, from Latin stabilīre, present active infinitive of stabiliō.

Verb

establir

1. to establish

Conjugation

    Conjugation of establir in Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		establir			?er establit
past participle		establit			—
gerund		establissent			?ent establit
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	establissi	establisses	establís	establissèm	establissètz	establisson
	imperfect	establissiái	establissiás	establissiá	establissiam	establissiatz	establissián
	preterite	establiguèri	establiguères	establiguèt	establiguèrem	establiguèretz	establiguèron
	future	establirai	establiràs	establirà	establirem	establiretz	establiràn
	conditional	establiriái	establiriás	establiriá	establiriam	establiriatz	establirián
	conditional 2nd form1	establiguèra	establiguèras	establiguèra	establigueram	establigueratz	establiguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	establisca	establiscas	establisca	establiscam	establiscatz	establiscan
	imperfect	establiguèsse	establiguèsses	establiguèsse	establiguèssem	establiguèssetz	establiguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			establís		establiscam	establissetz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin stabilīre, present active infinitive of stabiliō. Cognates include Italian stabilire

Verb

establir

1. to establish
   • circa 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland:

     Apres les dous establisent la terce

     After the first two, they established a third

Descendants

• French: établir
• Norman: êtablyi
• → Middle English: establen
  • Scots: estabill
• → Middle English: (e- elided) stablen, stable, stabli, stabelen, stabile, stabilen, stabil, stabille, stabul, stabulle
  • English: stable
  • Scots: stabil, stabill, stable
• → Middle English: establissen, establishen (via stem form establiss-)
  • English: establish
    • → Scots: estaiblish
  • Scots: establis, establish
• → Middle English: stablishen (via stem form establiss-, e- elided)
  • English: stablish
  • Scots: stablis, stablish