estable
Asturian
Etymology
Adjective
estable (epicene, plural estables)
Related terms
Further reading
- “estable”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əsˈtab.blə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [esˈta.ble]
- IPA(key): (Northwestern) [esˈtab.ble]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin stabilis.
Adjective
estable m or f (masculine and feminine plural estables)
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from Latin stab(u)lum. Cf. the feminine doublet establa.
Noun
estable m (plural estables)
Related terms
Further reading
- “estable”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “estable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “estable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “estable”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
Attestted since the 13th century (estavil, estabil, estabele). From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin stabilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [es.ˈta.βlɪ]
Adjective
estable m or f (plural estables)
- stable
- Antonym: inestable
- 1266, A. Rodríguez González, J. A. Rey Caiña, editors, Tumbo de Lorenzana. Transcripción y estudio, Estudios Mindonienses, 8, page 173:
- esta carta uos mandamus fazer firme et estauil por sempre iamays
- this charter we command you to make firm and stable forevermore
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References
- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “estabel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “estable”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “estable”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “estable”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “estable”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French estable.
Noun
estable f (plural estables)
- stable (place for keeping animals)
Descendants
- French: étable
Occitan
Pronunciation
Audio (Béarn): (file)
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old Occitan estable, from Latin stabilis.
Adjective
estable m (feminine singular establa, masculine plural estables, feminine plural establas)
Related terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from Latin stab(u)lum.
Noun
estable m (plural estables)
- stable (building)
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
From Latin stab(u)lum. Variable feminine gender reflects the Latin plural stab(u)la.
Noun
estable oblique singular, m or f (oblique plural estables, nominative singular estables, nominative plural estable)
- stable (place for keeping animals)
Related terms
- establer
Descendants
- Middle French: estable
- French: étable
- Walloon: ståve
- → Middle English: stable, stabel, stabele, stabil, stabille, stabul, stabulle
Etymology 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *staðlis?
Old French estable
Learned borrowing from Latin stabilis.
Adjective
estable m (feminine estable)
- stable (relatively unchanging)
Related terms
Descendants
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈtable/ [esˈt̪a.β̞le]
- Rhymes: -able
- Syllabification: es‧ta‧ble
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Spanish estabile, estabele, estable, from Latin stabilis. Morphologically equivalent to estar + -able.
Adjective
estable m or f (masculine and feminine plural estables)
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
estable
- inflection of establir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “estable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026
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