stable

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈsteɪ.bəl/, [ˈsteɪ.bɫ̩] (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈstæɪ.bəl/, [ˈstæɪ.bɫ̩] Hyphenation: sta‧ble Rhymes: -eɪbəl === Etymology 1 === From Middle English stable, borrowed from Anglo-Norman stable, from Latin stab(u)lum. === Alternative forms === stables (UK) ==== Noun ==== stable (plural stables) A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses. Synonym: horsebarn Coordinate terms: byre, sty (metonymic) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner. (Scotland) A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers. (sumo) An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together. Synonym: heya (professional wrestling) A group of wrestlers who support each other within a wrestling storyline. (slang) A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp. Synonym: string A group of people who are looked after, mentored, considered or trained in one place or for a particular purpose or profession. A coherent or consistent set of things (typically abstract) available or presented; array. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Descendants ==== → Unami: stèpël ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== stable (third-person singular simple present stables, present participle stabling, simple past and past participle stabled) (transitive) To put or keep (an animal) in a stable. (intransitive) To dwell in a stable. (rail transport, transitive) To park (a rail vehicle). ===== Derived terms ===== (rail transport): outstable ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English stable, from Anglo-Norman stable, stabel, from Latin stabilis (“firm, steadfast”) (itself from stare (“stand”) + -abilis (“able”)). Displaced native Old English staþolfæst. ==== Adjective ==== stable (comparative stabler or more stable, superlative stablest or most stable) Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed. (computing) Of software: established to be relatively free of bugs, as opposed to a beta version. (computer science, of a sorting algorithm) That maintains the relative order of items that compare as equal. (commutative algebra, of a filtration ( M n ) {\displaystyle (M_{n})} of a module M {\displaystyle M} over a ring with respect to an ideal (here I {\displaystyle I} but often a , m , p {\displaystyle a,m,p} etc.) of that ring) Eventually satisfying the identity I M n = M n + 1 {\displaystyle IM_{n}=M_{n+1}} . ===== Synonyms ===== (relatively unchanging): fixed, unvarying; see also Thesaurus:steady ===== Antonyms ===== instable mobile unstable varying ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === Bestla, ablest, ablets, bastle, belast, blates, bleats, tables == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Danish staplæ, influenced by German stapeln. === Verb === stable (imperative stabl, infinitive at stable, present tense stabler, past tense stablede, perfect tense stablet) to stack, pile Synonym: opstable ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== stabelbar stabling opstable ==== Related terms ==== stabel === References === “stable” in Den Danske Ordbog “stable” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin stabilis. Replaced Middle French, Old French estable, an earlier borrowing from the same Latin source. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stabl/ === Adjective === stable (plural stables) stable (relatively unchanging) Antonym: instable ==== Related terms ==== stabiliser stabilité ==== Descendants ==== → Turkish: stabil === Further reading === “stable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === baltes, tables == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Anglo-Norman stable, singular derived from the plural Latin stab(u)la (“dwellings, stables”). ==== Noun ==== stable (plural stables or stablen) stable (building for horses) ===== Alternative forms ===== stabel, stabele, stabil, stabille, stabul, stabulle ===== Descendants ===== English: stable Scots: stable → Middle Irish: stábla Irish: stábla Scottish Gaelic: stàball ===== References ===== “stāble, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === From Anglo-Norman stable, stabel, from Latin stabilis (“firm, steadfast”). ==== Adjective ==== stable (comparative stabler or stablere or stablour) stable (relatively unchanging) ===== Alternative forms ===== stabel, stabele, stabil, stabul ===== Descendants ===== English: stable Scots: stable ===== References ===== “stāble, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== stable (plural stables) alternative form of stablie === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== stable (plural stables) alternative form of stapel === Etymology 5 === ==== Verb ==== stable (third-person singular simple present stableth, present participle stablende, stablynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle stabled) alternative form of stablen (“to establish”) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From the noun stabel. === Verb === stable (imperative stabl or stable, present tense stabler, passive stables, simple past and past participle stabla or stablet, present participle stablende) to stack, pile === References === “stable” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “stable” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From the noun stabel. === Verb === stable (present tense stablar, past tense stabla, past participle stabla, passive infinitive stablast, present participle stablande, imperative stable/stabl) to stack, pile ==== Alternative forms ==== stabla === References === “stable” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.