stabilize

English

Alternative forms

• stabilise (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *staējō

Proto-Italic *staēō

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Proto-Italic *staðlis?

Latin stabilislbor.

Old French estable

Anglo-Norman stabelbor.

Middle English stable

English stable

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English stabilize

From stable + -ize.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) enPR: stāʹ-bə-līz' IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪ.bəˌlaɪz/

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• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈstæɪ.bəˌlɑez/, [ˈstæɪ̯.bəˌlɑe̯z]
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): [ˈstæɪ̯.bəˌlɑe̯z]
• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˈst̪abɪlaɪz/, /ˈst̪æbɪlaɪz/
• Hyphenation: sta‧bil‧ize
• Rhymes: -eɪbəlaɪz

Verb

stabilize (third-person singular simple present stabilizes, present participle stabilizing, simple past and past participle stabilized)

1. (transitive) To make stable.

   Jody stabilized the table by putting a book under the short leg.

2. (intransitive) To become stable.

   The country will stabilize after the next election ends.

Derived terms

• destabilize
• gyrostabilize
• hyperstabilize
• mesostabilizing
• nonstabilized
• overstabilize
• photostabilize
• phytostabilize
• prestabilize
• restabilize
• stabilizability
• stabilizable
• superstabilizing
• thermostabilize
• thermostabilized
• thermostabilizing
• unstabilized

Related terms

• stabilizer
• stabilization

Translations

to make stable

• Belarusian: стабілізава́ць impf or pf (stabilizavácʹ)
• Bulgarian: стабилизи́рам (bg) (stabilizíram)
• Catalan: estabilitzar (ca)
• Czech: stabilizovat
• Esperanto: stabiligi
• Finnish: vakauttaa (fi)
• French: stabiliser (fr)
• Galician: estabilizar
• German: stabilisieren (de)
• Greek: σταθεροποιώ (el) (statheropoió)
• Hungarian: stabilizál (hu)
• Indonesian: menstabilkan (id)
• Irish: cobhsaigh
• Latin: stabiliō
• Malay: menstabilkan
• Māori: whakamatua, tauta, whakawhena, whakapūmau
• Polish: stabilizować (pl)
• Portuguese: estabilizar (pt)
• Romanian: stabiliza (ro)
• Russian: стабилизи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (stabilizírovatʹ)
• Spanish: estabilizar (es)
• Swahili: imarisha (sw)
• Turkish: stabilize etmek (tr)
• Ukrainian: стабілізува́ти impf or pf (stabilizuváty)

to become stable

• Bulgarian: стабилизи́рам се (stabilizíram se)
• Catalan: estabilitzar-se (ca)
• French: se stabiliser (fr)
• Galician: estabilizarse
• German: sich stabilisieren (de)
• Hungarian: stabilizálódik (hu)
• Irish: cobhsaigh
• Māori: whakawhena
• Portuguese: estabilizar-se (pt)
• Romanian: stabiliza (ro)
• Russian: стабилизи́роваться (ru) impf or pf (stabilizírovatʹsja)
• Spanish: estabilizarse (es)
• Swahili: imarisha (sw)
• Turkish: stabilize olmak, stabilleşmek
• Ukrainian: стабілізува́тися impf or pf (stabilizuvátysja)

Anagrams

• albitizes

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French stabilisé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sta.bi.liˈze/
• Hyphenation: sta‧bi‧li‧ze

Adjective

stabilize

1. stabilized

Derived terms

• stabilize etmek
• stabilize olmak
• stabilize yol

Related terms

• stabil
• stabilizasyon
• stabilizatör