estable

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stabilis.

Adjective

estable m or f by sense (estables)

1. stable

   Antonym: inestable

Related terms

• estabilidá
• estabilizar
• establecer
• tar

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):

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin stabilis.

Adjective

estable m or f (masculine and feminine plural estables)

1. stable

   Antonym: inestable

Derived terms

• establement
• inestable
• unió estable de parella

Related terms

• establir
• estabilitat

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin stab(u)lum. Cf. the feminine doublet establa.

Noun

estable m (plural estables)

1. stable (building)

   Synonym: quadra

Related terms

• establa
• establar

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

• estábel

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)

1. 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

Derived terms

• establemente

Related terms

• estabilidade

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 Luís Santamarina Fernández, 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 Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé 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)

1. stable (place for keeping animals)

Descendants

• French: étable

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Occitan estable, from Latin stabilis.

Adjective

estable m (feminine singular establa, masculine plural estables, feminine plural establas)

1. stable

   Antonym: inestable

Related terms

• estabilitat
• estabilizar
• inestable

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin stab(u)lum.

Noun

estable m (plural estables)

1. stable (building)

Old French

Alternative forms

• stable, stabel (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Indo-European *sth₂dʰlóm

Proto-Italic *staðlom

Latin stab(u)lum

Old French estable

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)

1. 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
  • English: stable
  • Scots: stable
  • → Middle Irish: stábla
    • Irish: stábla
    • Scottish Gaelic: stàball

Etymology 2

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 stabilisbor.

Old French estable

Borrowed from Latin stabilis.

Adjective

estable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular estable)

1. stable (relatively unchanging)

Related terms

• establir
• estabilité

Descendants

• → Middle English: stable
  • English: stable
  • Scots: stable

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtable/ [esˈt̪a.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: es‧ta‧ble

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish estabile, from Latin stabilis. Morphologically equivalent to estar +‎ -able.

Adjective

estable m or f (masculine and feminine plural estables)

1. stable

   Synonym: asentado

   Antonym: inestable

Derived terms

• estabilizar
• establemente
• inestable
• metaestable

Related terms

• establecer

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

estable

1. inflection of establir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “estable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025