different between invariable vs stable

English

Etymology

in- +? variable

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?v??.i.?.bl?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?v??.?i.?.bl?/
• Hyphenation: in?va?ri?able

Adjective

invariable (not comparable)

1. Not variable; unalterable; uniform; always having the same value.
   • 1860, Isaac Taylor, Ultimate Civilisation

     Physical laws which are invariable.

   • “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action.

2. (mathematics) Constant.
3. (by extension, grammar, of a word, or a grammatical class) That cannot undergo inflection, conjugation or declension.

   Synonym: uninflectable

   Hyponyms: indeclinable, inconjugable

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:invariable.

Translations

Noun

invariable (plural invariables)

1. Something that does not vary; a constant.

See also

• invariant

Catalan

Etymology

in- +? variable

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /im.v?.?i?a.bl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /im.b?.?i?a.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /im.va.?i?a.ble/

Adjective

invariable (masculine and feminine plural invariables)

1. invariable

Derived terms

• invariablement

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

in- +? variable

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.va.?jabl/

Adjective

invariable (plural invariables)

1. invariable

Derived terms

• invariablement

Further reading

• “invariable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Etymology

in- +? variable

Adjective

invariable (plural invariables)

1. invariable

Derived terms

• invariablemente

Further reading

• “invariable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ste?.b??/
• Rhymes: -e?b?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English stable, borrowed from Anglo-Norman stable and Old French estable, from Latin stabulum (“stall, stand”).

Noun

stable (plural stables)

1. A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses.
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. A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.

   Synonym: string

   • 2013, Noble Dee, Pimp: Reflection of My Life (page 167)

     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.

Derived terms

• stablemate

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.
   • 1954, C. S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy, Collins, 1998, Chapter 7,

     "I hope your have been quite comfortable." ¶ "Never better stabled in my life," said Bree.

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”)).

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.
   • a. 1729, John Rogers, The Greatness of the Gospel Salvation

     In this region of chance, […] where nothing ws stable.

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.

Synonyms

• (relatively unchanging): fixed, unvarying; see also Thesaurus:steady

Antonyms

• instable
• mobile
• unstable
• varying

Derived terms

• bistable
• instable
• 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)

Antonyms

• instable

Related terms

• stabiliser
• stabilité

Further reading

• “stable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• baltes, tables

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman stable, from Vulgar Latin *stabula, probably a collective plural of Latin stabulum (“dwelling; stable”).

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

• “st?ble, 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

• “st?ble, 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 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 stabl)

1. to stack, pile

Alternative forms

• stabla

References

• “stable” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.