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6-letter words (8 found)

ABLEST,ABLETS,BASTLE,BLAEST,BLATES,BLEATS,STABLE,TABLES,

5-letter words (36 found)

ABETS,ABLES,ABLET,BAELS,BALES,BASTE,BATES,BEALS,BEAST,BEATS,BELTS,BESAT,BETAS,BLAES,BLASE,BLAST,BLATE,BLATS,BLEAT,BLEST,BLETS,LEAST,LEATS,SABLE,SALET,SETAL,SLATE,STALE,STEAL,STELA,TABES,TABLE,TAELS,TALES,TEALS,TESLA,

4-letter words (59 found)

ABET,ABLE,ALBE,ALBS,ALES,ALTS,ATES,BAEL,BAES,BALE,BALS,BASE,BAST,BATE,BATS,BEAL,BEAT,BELS,BELT,BEST,BETA,BETS,BLAE,BLAT,BLET,EAST,EATS,ELTS,ETAS,LABS,LASE,LAST,LATE,LATS,LEAS,LEAT,LEST,LETS,SABE,SALE,SALT,SATE,SEAL,SEAT,SETA,SLAB,SLAE,SLAT,SLEB,STAB,TABS,TAEL,TAES,TALE,TASE,TEAL,TEAS,TELA,TELS,

3-letter words (39 found)

ABS,ALB,ALE,ALS,ALT,ATE,ATS,BAE,BAL,BAS,BAT,BEL,BES,BET,EAS,EAT,ELS,ELT,EST,ETA,LAB,LAS,LAT,LEA,LES,LET,SAB,SAE,SAL,SAT,SEA,SEL,SET,TAB,TAE,TAS,TEA,TEL,TES,

2-letter words (15 found)

AB,AE,AL,AS,AT,BA,BE,EA,EL,ES,ET,LA,ST,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 158 words from stable according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of stable

stable

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsteɪbl̩/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsteɪb(ə)l/
  • Rhymes: -eɪbəl
  • Hyphenation: sta‧ble

Etymology 1

From Middle English stable, borrowed from Anglo-Norman stable, singular derived from the plural Latin stab(u)la (“dwellings, stables”).

Noun

stable (plural stables)

  1. A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.
    Synonym: horsebarn
    Coordinate terms: byre, sty
  2. (metonymically) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
  3. (Scotland) A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.
  4. (sumo) An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.
    Synonym: heya
  5. (professional wrestling) A group of wrestlers who support each other within a wrestling storyline.
  6. A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.
    Synonym: string
  7. A group of people who are looked after, mentored, or trained in one place or for a particular purpose or profession.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

stable (third-person singular simple present stables, present participle stabling, simple past and past participle stabled)

  1. (transitive) To put or keep (an animal) in a stable.
  2. (intransitive) To dwell in a stable.
  3. (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)

  1. Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.
  2. (computing) Of software: established to be relatively free of bugs, as opposed to a beta version.
  3. (computer science, of a sorting algorithm) That maintains the relative order of items that compare as equal.
  4. (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
  • acid-stable
  • bistable
  • instable
  • stable equilibrium
  • stable marriage problem
  • tristable
  • unistable
  • unstable
Translations

Anagrams

  • Bestla, ablest, ablets, bastle, belast, blates, bleats, tables

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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. Alternative form of stablie

Etymology 4

Noun

stable (plural stables)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. to stack, pile

Alternative forms

  • stabla

References

  • “stable” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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