# estable
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin stabilis.

### Adjective

estable (epicene, plural estables)
* stable

#### Antonyms

* inestable

#### Related terms

* estabilidá
* establecer
* establecimientu
* estar

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin stabilis.

#### Adjective

estable m or f (masculine and feminine plural estables)
* 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)
* stable (building)
    Synonym: quadra

##### Related terms

* establa
* establar

### Further reading

* “estable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “estable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “estable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “estable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* estábel

### Etymology

Attestted since the 13th century (estavil, estabil, estabele). From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin stabilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [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 iamaysthis charter we command you to make firm and stable forevermore

#### Derived terms

* establemente

#### Related terms

* estabilidade

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “estabel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “estau”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* 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)
* stable (place for keeping animals)

#### Descendants

* French: étable

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

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### Etymology 1

From Old Occitan estable, from Latin stabilis.

#### Adjective

estable m (feminine singular establa, masculine plural estables, feminine plural establas)
* stable
    Antonym: inestable

##### Related terms

* estabilitat
* estabilizar
* inestable

### Etymology 2

From Latin stab(u)lum.

#### Noun

estable m (plural estables)
* stable (building)

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* stable (Anglo-Norman)

### Etymology 1

From Latin stab(u)la pl.

#### Noun

estable oblique singular, f (oblique plural estables, nominative singular estable, nominative plural estables)
* 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

From Latin stabilis, probably borrowed.

#### Adjective

estable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular estable)
* stable (relatively unchanging)

##### Related terms

* establir
* estabilité

##### Descendants

* Anglo-Norman: stable, stabel
** → Middle English: stable
*** English: stable
*** Scots: stable

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* 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
* 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), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10