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==English==
{{wikipedia|stable|stable (building for livestock)|mul=stable (disambiguation)|mullabel=other uses}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈsteɪbl̩/|a=RP}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stable.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈsteɪb(ə)l/|a=GA}}
* {{rhymes|en|eɪbəl|s=2}}
* {{hyphenation|en|sta|ble}}

===Etymology 1===
[[File:Häststall Elfviks gård dec 2008.jpg|thumb|The [[interior]] of a [[horse]] stable ''(sense 1)'']]
{{root|en|ine-pro|*steh₂-}}
From {{inh|en|enm|stable}}, borrowed from {{der|en|xno|estable|stable}}, singular derived from the plural {{der|en|la|stablum|stab(u)la|t=dwellings, stables}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{senseid|en|Q214252}}A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.
#: {{syn|en|horsebarn}}
#: {{cot|en|byre|sty}}
#: {{ux|en|There were stalls for fourteen horses in the squire's '''stables'''.}}
#* {{RQ:Churchill Celebrity|chapter=5|passage=We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair '''stables''' and made the trip sometimes twice in a day.}}
# {{lb|en|metonymy}} All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
# {{lb|en|Scotland}} A set of [[advocate]]s; a barristers' chambers.
# {{lb|en|sumo}} An [[organization]] of [[sumo]] [[wrestler]]s who live and train together.
#: {{synonyms|en|heya}}
# {{lb|en|professional wrestling}} A group of [[wrestlers]] who support each other within a wrestling [[storyline]].
#* {{quote-web|en|url=https://www.newsweek.com/wwes-logan-paul-confronts-roman-reigns-amid-rumors-major-title-bout-1743930|work=Newsweek|passage=Paul, who signed with WWE in late June, appeared in a segment with Reigns' '''stable''', the Bloodline, on Friday's episode of SmackDown after making comments earlier in the week regarding a potential match with the Tribal Chief.|title=WWE's Logan Paul Confronts Roman Reigns Amid Rumors of Major Title Bout|date=2022-09-17|author=Thomas Kika}}
# {{lb|en|slang}} A group of [[prostitute]]s managed by one [[pimp]].
#: {{synonyms|en|string}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2013|author=Noble Dee|title=Pimp: Reflection of My Life|page=167
|passage=My pimp vision enabled me to see that no hoe in my '''stable''' would be more worthy of the game than my young turnout red-bones.}}
# A group of people who are looked after, mentored, 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]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=2013|title=Statutory Proximate Cause|journal=Notre Dame Law Review|volume=88|issue=3|author=Sandra F. Sperino|page=1207|text=This Article argues that to date, the Supreme Court has drawn from a narrow '''stable''' of arguments to create a fairly standard, yet coarse, analysis to consider when to apply proximate cause to statutes.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=2019|month=January|author=Leila McNeill|title=Surely You’re a Creep, Mr. Feynman|journal=The Baffler|number=43|url=https://thebaffler.com/outbursts/surely-youre-a-creep-mr-feynman-mcneill|text=Built into the popular conception of the genius mythos in the sciences is something more than mere intelligence; the solitary free-thinking scientist is also expected to showcase a proclivity for eccentricity, rule breaking, and unconventional thinking and behavior. But when it comes to the abuse of scientific power for sexual predation, this '''stable''' of behaviors represents a slippery slope.}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col|en|Augean stables|close the stable door after the horse has bolted|evolutionarily stable strategy|livery stable|shelf-stable|stable boy|stable fly|stable girl|stable vice|stable-stand|stablemate|stablehand|close the stable door after the horse has been stolen|lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen|stable lad|lock the stable door after the horse has bolted|shut the stable door after the horse has bolted}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|building for managing ungulates, normally horses}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|حَظِيرَة|f}}, {{t|ar|اِسْطَبْل|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|زريبة|f|tr=zerība}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|إسطبل|m|tr=ʔisṭabil}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ախոռ}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|establu|m}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|каню́шня|f}}, {{t|be|ста́йня|f}}, {{t|be|хлеў|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|коню́шня|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|estable|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|馬厩|tr=mǎjiù}}, {{t+|cmn|馬棚|tr=mǎpéng}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|aran}}, {{t|crh|dam}}, {{t|crh|ahır}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|stáj|f}}, {{t|cs|konírna|f}}, {{t+|cs|maštal|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|stald|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|stal|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|stalo}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|tall}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|stallur|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|navetta}}
* French: {{t+|fr|étable|f}}, {{t+|fr|écurie|f}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|stale|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|corte|f}}, {{t+|gl|cortello|m}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|თავლა}}, {{t+|ka|საჯინიბო}}
* German: {{t+|de|Stall|m}}, {{qualifier|horse}} {{t+|de|Pferdestall|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|στάβλος|m}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|गोष्ठ|m}}, {{t|hi|अश्वालय}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|gripahús|n}}, {{t|is|fjós|n}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|kavaleyo}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|kandang}}, {{t+|id|istal}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|talli}}, {{t|izh|lautta}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|stábla|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|stalla|f}}, {{t+|it|scuderia|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|馬小屋|tr=うまごや, umagoya}}, {{t+|ja|厩舎|tr=きゅうしゃ, kyūsha}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|마구간(馬廏間)}}, {{t+|ko|축사(畜舍)}}
* Latin: {{t|la|stabulum|n}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|stallis|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|штала|f}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|kandang}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tēpara}}
* Middle Korean: {{t|okm|멀험}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|stall|m}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|estable|m}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|steall|m}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|اصطبل|tr=establ}}, {{t+|fa|آخور|tr=axor}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Staul|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|stajnia|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|estábulo|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|staul|n}}, {{t+|ro|grajd|n}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|uigl|m}}, {{t|rm|nuegl|m}}, {{t|rm|stalla|f}}, {{t|rm|stala|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|коню́шня|f}}, {{t+|ru|хлев|m}}, {{t+|ru|сто́йло|n}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|पस्त्य|n}}, {{t+|sa|गोत्र|n}}, {{t+|sa|गोष्ठ|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|stàball|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ста̏ја|f}}, {{t|sh|шта̏ла|f}}, {{t|sh|ста́јница|f}}, {{t|sh|коњу̀ша̄рница|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|stȁja|f}}, {{t+|sh|štȁla|f}}, {{t+|sh|stájnica|f}}, {{t+|sh|konjùšārnica|f}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|stadda|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|stajňa|f}}, {{t|sk|maštaľ|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|hlev|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|establo|m}}, {{t+|es|cuadra|f}}, {{t+|es|caballeriza|f}}, {{t|es|establía|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|imarika}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|stall|n}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|kuwadra}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|ат абзары}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|కొట్టము}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|ahır}}
* Udmurt: {{t|udm|вал гид}}, {{t|udm|гид}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|ста́йня|f}}, {{t|uk|кінни́ця|f}}, {{t|uk|коню́шня|f}}, {{t+|uk|хлів|m}}, {{t+|uk|коша́ра|f}}, {{t+|uk|саж|m}}
* Venetan: {{t|vec|stała|f}}, {{t|vec|stala|f}}, {{t|vec|scudarìa|f}}
* Vilamovian: {{t|wym|śtoł|m}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|lecek}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|ståve|m}}
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{{trans-top|building for horses}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|إِسْطَبْل|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|اسطبل|m|tr=esṭabl}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|إسطبل|m|tr=ʔisṭabil}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ախոռ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|коню́шня|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|estable|m}}, {{t|ca|cavallerissa|f}}, {{t|ca|quadra|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|馬厩|tr=mǎjiù}}, {{t+|cmn|馬棚|tr=mǎpéng}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|at aranı}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|paardenstal|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|ĉevalejo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|talli}}, {{t+|fi|hevostalli}}
* French: {{t+|fr|écurie|f}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|estrabiza|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Stall|m}}, {{t+|de|Pferdestall|m}}, {{t+|de|Rennstall|m}}
* Greek: {{t|el|σταύλος}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἱππών|m}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|અસ્તબલ|m}}, {{t|gu|તબેલો|m}}, {{t|gu|અશ્વશાળા|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|אורווה|f|tr=urvá|alt=אֻרְוָה}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|तबेला}}, {{t+|hi|घुड़साल}}, {{t+|hi|अस्तबल}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|hesthús|n}}, {{t|is|stallur}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|istal}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|stábla|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|scuderia|f}}, {{t+|it|scuderie|p}}
* Latin: {{t|la|equile|n}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|arklidės|f-p}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|коњу́шница|f}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|kandang kuda}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whare hōiho}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|stall|m}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|steall|n}}, {{t|ang|horsærn|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|cavalariça|f}}, {{t+|pt|cocheira|f}}, {{t+|pt|estrebaria|f}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|grajd de cai|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|коню́шня|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|stàball|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ста̏ја|f}}, {{t|sh|шта̏ла|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|stȁja|f}}, {{t+|sh|štȁla|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|koniareň|f}}, {{t|sk|stajňa|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|establo|m}}, {{t+|es|cuadra|f}}, {{t+|es|caballeriza|f}}, {{t|es|establía|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|imarika}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|stall|n}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|kuwadra}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|అశ్వశాల}}
* Udmurt: {{t|udm|вал гид}}
* Venetan: {{t|vec|scudarìa|f}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|lecek}}, {{qualifier|horse}} {{t+|vo|jevodalecek}}, {{qualifier|horse}} {{t|vo|rönajevodalecek}}, {{qualifier|riding}} {{t|vo|monitajevodalecek}}
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{{trans-top|stable for oxen, cows, cattle}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|زَرِيبَة|f}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|زريبة|f|tr=zerība}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|գոմ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|обо́р|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|牛棚|tr=niúpéng}}, {{t+|cmn|牛舍|tr=niúshè}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|bovejo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|navetta}}
* French: {{t+|fr|étable|f}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|vacjarìe|f}}, {{t|fur|stale|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|corte|f}}, {{t+|gl|busto|m}}, {{t|gl|boedo|m}}, {{t+|gl|boil|m}}, {{t|gl|bostal|m}}
* German: {{t|de|Ochsenstall|m}}, {{t+|de|Kuhstall|m}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|רֶפֶת|f|tr=réfet}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|गोष्ठ|m}}, {{t+|hi|गौशाला|f}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|fjós|n}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|stábla|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|stalla|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|о́бор|m}}, {{t|mk|шта́ла|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|fjøs|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|estábulo|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|grajd}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|stalla|f}}, {{t|rm|stala|f}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|गोष्ठ|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|воларница|f}}
*: Roman: {{t|sh|volarnica|f}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|stadda|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|maštaľ|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|establo|m}}, {{t|es|establía|f}}, {{t|es|boyera|f}}, {{t+|es|cija|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|imarika}}
* Venetan: {{t|vec|vacarìa|f}}, {{t|vec|stała|f}}
* Volapük: {{qualifier|ox}} {{t|vo|jobubalecek}}, {{qualifier|cattle}} {{t|vo|bubalecek}}, {{qualifier|cattle}} {{t+|vo|veteralecek}}, {{qualifier|cow}} {{t|vo|kunalecek}}, {{qualifier|bull}} {{t|vo|toralecek}}
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====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To put or keep (an animal) in a stable.
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=R. H. Lundie|title=Licensed Victuallers and Sunday-Closing|journal=w:Liverpool Daily Post|issue=8807|date=25 September 1883|year_published=26 September 1883|page=5|pageurl=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/796704283/|column=7|passage=It is not difficult for the wealthy brewer or pluralist publican, while he takes his ease in his comfortable dwelling on the Lord’s Day, or rolls in his chariot to the house of prayer, to denounce the agitation in favour of Sunday-closing, while his weary barmen and barmaidens “work from early morn to midnight” to carpet his ample halls and '''stable''' his well-fed horses.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1954|author=w:C. S. Lewis|title=w:The Horse and His Boy|publisher=Collins|year_published=1998|chapter=7
|passage="I hope your have been quite comfortable." ¶ "Never better '''stabled''' in my life," said Bree.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To dwell in a stable.
# {{lb|en|rail transport|transitive}} To park (a rail vehicle).
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1960|month=July|title=|journal=Trains Illustrated|page=385, photo caption|text=S.R. Pacific No. 34010 ''Sidmouth'' leaves Wembley Central to '''stable''' the stock of its excursion from the S.R. at North Wembley; the train was run in connection with a Wembley football event on April 30, 1960.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2020 April 22|title=Fleet News: Passenger operators put parts of fleet into warm storage...|journal=Rail|page=25|text=Great Western Railway has placed its Class 143 Pacer fleet into [[warm storage]], with the majority '''stabled''' at [[Exeter]].}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{sense|rail transport}} {{l|en|outstable}}

=====Related terms=====
{{col|en
|restable
|stabled
|stabler
|stabling siding<qq:rail>
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|put or keep in a stable}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|kraouiañ}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|establar}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|stalde}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|stallen}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[pitää]] [[talli|tallissa]]}} {{qualifier|keep in a stable}}
* French: {{t+|fr|établer}}
* German: {{t+|de|stallen}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|σταβλίζω}}
* Italian: {{t|it|stallare}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|xweragir}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|rail transport: park}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|imarika}}
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===Etymology 2===
[[File:017-Scale.jpg|thumb|Stable ''(sense 1)'' [[scales]]]]
From {{inh|en|enm|stable}}, from {{der|en|xno|stable}}, {{m|fro|stabel}}, from {{der|en|la|stabilis||firm, steadfast}} (itself from {{m|la|stare||stand}} + {{m|la|-abilis||able}}). Displaced native {{ncog|ang|staþolfæst}}.

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|er|more}}

# Relatively [[unchanging]], steady, permanent; firmly [[fixed]] or established; [[consistent]]; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.
#: {{ux|en|He was in a '''stable''' relationship.}}
#: {{ux|en|a '''stable''' government}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=a. 1729|author={{w|John Rogers (priest)|John Rogers}}|title=The Greatness of the Gospel Salvation
|passage=In this region of chance, {{...}} where nothing ws '''stable'''.}}
#* {{RQ:Dunsany Pegana||16|And to whoever that cry hath ever come he must needs follow and follow, leaving all '''stable''' things; only to be always with Slid in all the moods of Slid, to find no rest until he reaches the sea.}}
# {{lb|en|computing}} Of [[software]]: established to be relatively free of [[bug]]s, as opposed to a [[beta]] version.
#: {{ux|en|You should download the 1.9 version of that video editing software: it is the latest '''stable''' version. The newer beta version has some bugs. }}
# {{lb|en|computer science|of a sorting algorithm}} That maintains the relative order of items that compare as equal.
# {{lb|en|[[commutative algebra]]|of a [[filtration]] <math>(M_n)</math> of a [[module]] <math>M</math> over a [[ring]] with respect to an [[ideal]] (here <math>I</math> but often <math>a, m, p</math> etc.) of that ring}}{{C|en|Algebra}} [[eventually|Eventually]] satisfying the identity <math>IM_n = M_{n+1}</math>.

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|relatively unchanging}} {{l|en|fixed}}, {{l|en|unvarying}}; see also [[Thesaurus:steady]]

=====Antonyms=====
* {{l|en|instable}}
* {{l|en|mobile}}
* {{l|en|unstable}}
* {{l|en|varying}}

=====Derived terms=====
*{{l|en|acid-stable}}
* {{l|en|bistable}}
* {{l|en|instable}}
*{{l|en|observationally stable}}
* {{l|en|stable equilibrium}}
* {{l|en|stable marriage problem}}
* {{l|en|tristable}}
* {{l|en|unistable}}
* {{l|en|unstable}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|relatively unchanging}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|ثَابِت}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|ثابِت|tr=ṯābit, sābit}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|կայուն|sc=Armn}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|estable}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|стабі́льны}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|стаби́лен}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|estable}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|穩重|tr=wěnzhòng}}, {{t+|cmn|穩定|tr=wěndìng}}, {{t+|cmn|安定|tr=āndìng}}, {{t+|cmn|堅固|tr=jiāngù}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|stabilní|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|stabil}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|stabiel}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|stabila}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|stabiilne}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vakaa}}, {{t+|fi|tasainen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|stable}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|estable}}, {{t+|gl|estábel}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|მედეგი}}, {{t|ka|მტკიცე}}, {{t|ka|მყარი}}
* German: {{t+|de|stabil}}, {{t+|de|dauerhaft}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|σταθερός}}, {{t+|el|ευσταθής}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|εὐσταθής}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|יציב|m|tr=yatsiv}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|स्थिर|m}}, {{t+|hi|निश्चल}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|stabil}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|stabila}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|stabil}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|stabile}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|diongbháilte}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|stabile}}, {{t+|it|consolidato}}, {{t+|it|equilibrato}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|安定|tr=あんていした, antei shita|alt=安定した|sc=Jpan}}
* Khiamniungan Naga: {{t|kix|thàng}}
* Ladino: {{t|lad|estavle}}
* Latin: {{t|la|stabilis}}, {{t|la|firmus}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|ста́билен}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|pūmau}}, {{t|mi|whena}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|stabil}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|estable}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|staþolfæst}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|دنك|tr=denk}} {{qualifier|balanced, in equilibrium}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|bestendich}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|stabilny}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|estável}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|stabil}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|стаби́льный}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|seasmhach}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|stabilný}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|estable}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|imarika}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|stabil}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|స్థిర|sc=Telu}}, {{t+|te|స్థిరమైన|sc=Telu}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|стабі́льний}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|مۇقىم}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|مۇقىم}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|sefydlog}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|סטאַביל}}
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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=abelst|Bestla|ablest|ablets|bastle|belast|blates|bleats|tables}}

{{C|en|Animal dwellings|Horses|Personality}}

==French==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|fr|la|stabilis}}. Replaced Middle French, Old French {{m|fro|estable}}, an earlier borrowing from the same Latin source.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-stable.ogg}}

===Adjective===
{{fr-adj}}

# {{l|en|stable}} (relatively unchanging)
#: {{ant|fr|instable}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|fr|stabiliser}}
* {{l|fr|stabilité}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|tr|stabil|bor=1}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|fr|baltes}}, {{l|fr|tables}}

==Middle English==

===Etymology 1===
From {{bor|enm|xno|estable|stable}}, singular derived from the plural {{der|enm|la|stablum|stab(u)la|t=dwellings, stables}}.

====Noun====
{{head|enm|noun|plural|stables|or|stablen}}

# [[#Etymology_1|stable]] {{gl|building for horses}}
#* {{quote-book|enm|year=c. 1400|title=w:The Canterbury Tales|author=w:Geoffrey Chaucer|section=General Prologue|lines=28–29
|text=The chambres and the '''stables''' weren wyde, / And wel we weren esed atte beste;
|t=The rooms and '''stables''' spacious were and wide, / And well we there were eased, and of the best.
}}

=====Alternative forms=====
* {{alter|enm|stabel|stabele|stabil|stabille|stabul|stabulle}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|en|stable}}
* {{desc|sco|stable}}
* {{desc|bor=1|mga|stábla}}
** {{desc|ga|stábla}}
** {{desc|gd|stàball}}

=====References=====
* {{R:MED Online|stāble|n|MED42528}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{bor|enm|xno|stable}}, {{m|fro|stabel}}, from {{der|enm|la|stabilis||firm, steadfast}}.

====Adjective====
{{head|enm|adjective|comparative|stabler|or|stablere|or|stablour}}

# [[#Etymology_2|stable]] {{gl|relatively unchanging}}

=====Alternative forms=====
* {{alter|enm|stabel|stabele|stabil|stabul}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|en|stable}}
* {{desc|sco|stable}}

=====References=====
* {{R:MED Online|stāble|adj|MED42529}}

===Etymology 3===

====Noun====
{{enm-noun}}

# {{alt form|enm|stablie}}

===Etymology 4===

====Noun====
{{enm-noun}}

# {{alt form|enm|stapel}}

===Etymology 5===

====Verb====
{{enm-verb|stem=stabl}}

# {{alt form|enm|stablen||to establish}}

{{C|enm|Animal dwellings}}

==Norwegian Bokmål==

===Etymology===
From the noun {{m|nb|stabel}}.

===Verb===
{{head|nb|verb|imperative|stabl|or|stable|present tense|stabler|passive|stables|simple past and past participle|stabla|or|stablet|present participle|stablende}}

# to [[stack]], [[pile]]

===References===
* {{R:Dokpro|lang=nb}}
* {{R:NAOB}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Etymology===
From the noun {{m|nn|stabel}}.

===Verb===
{{nn-verb-1}}

# to [[stack]], [[pile]]

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|nn|stabla}}

===References===
* {{R:Dokpro|lang=nn}}